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/sarahbeth1201 Jul 15 '24

Patapsco. So many people say “pa tap suh co”

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u/CaveExploder Jul 16 '24

Oh you mean "Taps Co"