• ninjabard@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Texas has so many. Bogota pronounced buh-GO-duh

    Arkansas has a Lafayette county pronounced luh-FAY-it even though that county literally borders Louisiana.

    Don’t even get me started on Bowie, DeKalb, or Houston.

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      2 months ago

      Ah yes. “Hoo-ston” and “How-ston” are definitely both things.

      “De-kab” and “De-kalb”

      Haven’t run into the Bowie one.