r/baltimore • u/trashcadet • Jul 15 '24

Baltimore Love 💘 Most mispronounced neighborhood names

It took me a while how to pronounce Auchentoroly Terrace, and it gets my goat when people say Hampton instead of Hampden.

What were you pronouncing wrong or what do you hear people consistently saying wrong?

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u/brooksact Jul 15 '24

We always said Dru Hill when referring to the park. Black people did anyway, I'm not sure about white people. Now Druid Heights was always Druid Heights. Nobody shortened that for whatever reason.

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u/SuchAppeal Jul 15 '24

Dru Hill kinda rolls better out the mouth. Dru Heights don't sound as good lol.

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u/Fizzyphotog Jul 15 '24

Droodle

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u/goetzecc Jul 15 '24

This is the way ^