24 Place Names You’ve Probably Been Mispronouncing Your Whole Life
When travelling, a great faux-pas to avoid if you want to get in good with the locals is mispronouncing the name of the place you’re in. Luckily, this collection of images from Thrillophilia will take some of the most commonly mispronounced place names and show us how we SHOULD have been saying them.
Most of the difficulties, of course, arise from the adaptation of a name from one language to another. Most of us will probably never be able to pronounce “Beijing” (or even “Paris”) exactly the way that a native speaker might, but it’s always nice to try. Locals will appreciate it and may go out of their way to help you more if they see that you’ve made an effort.
(h/t: thrillophilia, demilked)
Bangkok, Thailand
Melbourne, Australia
Reykjavik, Iceland
Dubai, UAE
Beijing, China
Budapest, Hungary
Phuket, Thailand
Brisbane, Australia
Colombia
Yosemite Park, USA
Iraq
Montreal, Canada
Qatar
The River Thames, UK
Versailles, France
Worcester, UK
Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem
Helena, USA
Kissimmee, USA
Lafayette, USA
La Jolla, USA
Niger
Pakistan
Worcestershire, UK
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Share on FacebookI was wondering if Montréal would be there. Oh yes it is! Wait... They've got it wrong... It's a french word: MON(«silent N») - RÉ - AL
You can always recognize an American visitor by the way they pronounce the name of our city... they usually say "MAWN-tree-all"... LOL
Load More Replies...I lost my interest when I've seen my country's capital city "pronounced" wrong on the "correct" side.
Which one? So I don't go around saying it incorrectly ☺
Load More Replies...Qatar iraq and dubai is wrong at least cz i'm lebanese and that's not how we pronounce it
Er... no, they're pronounced right according to Arabic, especially pure Khaleeji. Lebanon has a mixed accent (French/English/Arabic).
Load More Replies...I know it's not a city, but the country Chile being pronounced 'Chilly' instead of 'Cheel-Eh'... Man
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a lot of these "right" pronunciations are just how the name is pronounced in the native language so i dont think that it means that the pronunciation on the "wrong" side is wrong, its just how its pronounced in English... for example, Beijing is pronounced BAY-jing in Chinese, but its bay-ZHING in English and i think a lot of ppl in native countries are aware of that now. pronouncing Paris as PARE-iss isnt wrong thats just how its pronounced in English, even though the natives would pronounce it pare-EE. though i suppose it doesnt hurt to learn to pronounce it in the native language, i wouldnt necessarily say its wrong.
sometimes I think why people spell words if they're gonna pronouce it entirely wrong. ._.
I am surprised that Hawaii isn't on the list since it's pronounced Huh-Vye-EE.
I live in the UAE (abu dhabi) and have NEVER EVER heard anyone (local or not) pronounce Dubai as du-bay????
Ooh great; more fodder for pseudo-intellectuals to use to be pretentious.
The irony lies in the fact that a lot of these are incorrect
Load More Replies...Toronto is an Anishnabe (first nations) word meaning, the meeting place. That is the closest we can get in English. The second "T" is silent
Load More Replies...Katie Couric interviewed Queen Elizabeth and was informed it is NOT Bucking-ham. The correct pronunciation is Buckin-um.
That's right it is bucking-um. And Cleobury mortimer is pronounced cle-bree Mort-ima (right) CLE O berry MORE TY Mer (wrong)
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P.s. 'Shire' isn't pronounced 'sheer' or even 'shyre' - it's pronounced 'shuh' So it's Wusta-shuh
And here I accidentally said the N word in my head trying to guess the correct pronunciation..
Oregon is a FRENCH word like dragon and jargon. It is not a GREEK word like hexagon. pronounce-...rd-png.jpg
Some of the "right" ones don't seem any different. Some of the "wrong" ones I've never heard said in my life.
the problem is that often ENG version of the city's name is totally different than the national version but it doesn't make ENG one wrong.
they should add Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pronounce: Kwa-La Loom-poor :p
Pakistan is also wrong! It's pronounced pah-kis-taan! Just letting you know guys
Montreal is a Franch name: "MON-RAY-AL" and Lafayette also: "LAFF-AH-YETT(E). ;-) (for those who care)
The original of Montreal is "MON-RAY-AL"... Lafayettre is "LAUGH-AH-YETT(E)". :-)
Its just Pa-kis-tan! As simple as that.. not pah kee stahn. And nobody pronounce it incorrectly..everybody just has a different accent.
Isn't Bangkok simply the English name for the city anyway, its real name being considerably longer?
this is not very accurate there is a lot of wrong corrections like Montreal, Qatar, Iraq & etc, :D actually most of it sound wrong ( funny
Your guide to Worcester and Worcestershire are wrong. Worcester is WUSS-ter. Worcestershire is pronounced WUS-ter-sher (not sheer)
Please somebody confirm how montreal is pronounced - I am in indian with good British English accent .
What about the Spanish town of Marbella? Incorrectly pronounced "Mar-Bella" instead of "Mar-Baya or Mar-Bay-a".
All of the arab ones are wrong, Qatar is pronounced Qatar not kuh ter wtf are you saying
Some other common ones: Iran is not EYE-ran, it's e-RAHN Chile is not Chil-ee, it's Chil-ay
Mispronunciation for me usually is with peoples names, if at times no matter how much I try I have to say my tongue doesn't work like that!
Most of the "wrong" versions are pronunciations I've never heard. Does anyone actually emphasise the second syllable of Melbourne?
Love it! However, I feel like New Zealand's incredibly difficult place names should have made the cut, so I made my own! http://bit.ly/1AtcZ
Worcester - wooster is incorrect.its wusta and wusta - shur. Malvern is said as Mull v'n not Mal-verne
I'd like to add the following: Wrong: Frisco. Right: San Francisco. No one from CA has ever said "Frisco" unless they are going to TX.
Now I can pronounce the sauce! This was great. Thanks for posting it.
You missed "New Orleans." Wrong: New Or-LEE-uns Right: N'WORlunns or N'ORlunns.
I'm surprised Detroit isn't on here. It's actually Dey-twoi... French origins, y'know? [No, seriously. Google that.]
No mention of Newfoundland! Ppl pronounce it new founde land but it's actually new fin land.
Whilst we are at it Scots do not pronounce counties as 'sheer ' for shire , they pronounce it ( correctly ! :) ) as sh-I-re (sh-eye-er )
Wow. So many wrong here. It's quite confusing when you use the American pronunciation of "rock" instead of the actual phonetic symbols
i find it disrespectful to say these places' names with an american accent. they come from other languages. at least try.
It doesn't really matter how you pronounce Bangkok as it's the western name for the city. Thai people call the city Krung Thep.
The Australian ones are both incorrect - Brisbane is "Briz-bin" (my home city) and Melbourne is pronounced "Mel-bin"
London's Southwark is pronounced suh-therk. Boy that one really gets to me.
All the Arabic names are wrong - what's the point of this article if the "corrections" are wrong as well??
Whoa, they mistook COUNTRIES, REGIONS and LOCALITIES for cities.If you publish an article you should at least know what you talk about! Fail
Thank you! There are some that think I am a right royal pain when trying to correct their pronunciation. They think I'm pedantic.
Louisville Kentucky and New Orleans Louisiana should make the list. LU-a-vul and Naw-lins respectively.
Pleasantly surprised by how many I have been pronouncing correctly! Would be great to see more!
Ok, we have a place in Cheshire - Hawarden...always pronounced it How-ad-un but NO! It's phonetic pronunciation is 'Hard-on'! Like really?!?
I live in the UAE (Abu Dhabi) and I have NEVER EVER heard anyone (local or expat) call Dubai du-bay???
Ooh terrific; more fodder for pseudo intellectuals to add to their pretentious arsenal.
You forgot Toronto. wrong: Tor-on-TOW. right: TOR-on-a. The second "T" is silent. Derek Birch, Toronto.
When I moved to Kansas I had to learn to say Ar- kan-sas instead of Ar-kin-saw
Ah..Proper nouns! Many more: New Orleans > N'awlins; To-Ron-to > Tronno; Chee-ka-go > Shikaago; San-Jos > San-hos-ey; MaryLand > MaryLnd etc
N'awlins only if you're from Mississippi! Either Nyew-ORL-yuns (Old uptown accent) or Noo-OR-luns (everybody else)
Load More Replies...Okay I'm Thai and i have to say it's not wrong at all to say bang-kok as you usually do. But Thais would say Krung-tep.
The 'correct' pronunciation of N***r just seems wrong in my brain, no matter how many times I say it 'correctly.' lol
let's ask or post it too google, or wikipedia, for make it sure that's true.. :)
How about Istanbul? Most people here in the States - even after visiting this beautiful, old city - call it IS-tan-bool, rather is-TAN-bool.
Also Tokyo is "TOE-KYO," two longish syllables. Not "TOE-key-yo," three short syllables, as most US Americans say.
Also Tokyo is TOE-KYO, two longish syllables, not "TOE-key-yo" as most US-ers say
I once heard Jason Donovan pronounce Loughborough, loogabarooga on the radio!
How they've listed MONTRÉAL is CORRECT. English-speaking Montréalers pronounce it MUN-TREE-ALL. In French, it becomes MO-HAY-AL.
I think somebody should tell the CBC chef, Stefan ?? about the two Worcester pronunciations shown here, but I don`t know how to do that!
Wrong, Qatar is pronounced Ka-tar. in Arabic Ka-ter means sugar syrup. Just saying
You'd have to be a bit of a halfwit not to know some of these. Who doesn't know that the London river is pronounced "Tems"?
I've lived here since '97 and Ive never heard ANYONE say it like Doo-bay. Locals and expats alike pronounce it as Doo-bye.
Locals and expats alike pronuounce it as Doo-bye. I have lived here since 1997 and I've never heard it pronounced as Doo-bay.
São Paulo (Brazil) - SUN-oo PAHW-loo (BRAH-zeew)
Load More Replies...No..In Hungarian it is, but in English it's plain Boo-da-pest. You don't say Paree,Roma,Veen (for Vienna) ,Moskva or Varshava either do you?
Load More Replies...The Arabic countries and cities are miserably pronounced wrong It's KA-TAHR & DU-BAI
Katie Couric was told before meeting Queen Elizabeth, it's NOT Bucking-ham Palace, it's Buckin-um.
Actually, the capital city of Thailand is pronounced Krueng-Thep. Bangkok is just one of the districts like Bang-Kae,Bang-Yhai,Bang-Mod etc
Nope. Bangkok is not a district but it's the old name of krung-tep.
Load More Replies...Don't forget Edinburgh, Scotland. Ed-in-bur-oh....Ed-in-burg. My understanding of the correct pronunciation is ED-in-bur-ah. :)
some of these are wrong pronunciations are corrected into another wrong pronunciation.
Actually, it's 'Krung Thep' which means 'the City of Angels'. Ps. I'm Thai
Load More Replies...all Italian cities are pronounced worng at all, cause people prefer the English way and not even one over here
I was wondering if Montréal would be there. Oh yes it is! Wait... They've got it wrong... It's a french word: MON(«silent N») - RÉ - AL
You can always recognize an American visitor by the way they pronounce the name of our city... they usually say "MAWN-tree-all"... LOL
Load More Replies...I lost my interest when I've seen my country's capital city "pronounced" wrong on the "correct" side.
Which one? So I don't go around saying it incorrectly ☺
Load More Replies...Qatar iraq and dubai is wrong at least cz i'm lebanese and that's not how we pronounce it
Er... no, they're pronounced right according to Arabic, especially pure Khaleeji. Lebanon has a mixed accent (French/English/Arabic).
Load More Replies...I know it's not a city, but the country Chile being pronounced 'Chilly' instead of 'Cheel-Eh'... Man
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a lot of these "right" pronunciations are just how the name is pronounced in the native language so i dont think that it means that the pronunciation on the "wrong" side is wrong, its just how its pronounced in English... for example, Beijing is pronounced BAY-jing in Chinese, but its bay-ZHING in English and i think a lot of ppl in native countries are aware of that now. pronouncing Paris as PARE-iss isnt wrong thats just how its pronounced in English, even though the natives would pronounce it pare-EE. though i suppose it doesnt hurt to learn to pronounce it in the native language, i wouldnt necessarily say its wrong.
sometimes I think why people spell words if they're gonna pronouce it entirely wrong. ._.
I am surprised that Hawaii isn't on the list since it's pronounced Huh-Vye-EE.
I live in the UAE (abu dhabi) and have NEVER EVER heard anyone (local or not) pronounce Dubai as du-bay????
Ooh great; more fodder for pseudo-intellectuals to use to be pretentious.
The irony lies in the fact that a lot of these are incorrect
Load More Replies...Toronto is an Anishnabe (first nations) word meaning, the meeting place. That is the closest we can get in English. The second "T" is silent
Load More Replies...Katie Couric interviewed Queen Elizabeth and was informed it is NOT Bucking-ham. The correct pronunciation is Buckin-um.
That's right it is bucking-um. And Cleobury mortimer is pronounced cle-bree Mort-ima (right) CLE O berry MORE TY Mer (wrong)
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P.s. 'Shire' isn't pronounced 'sheer' or even 'shyre' - it's pronounced 'shuh' So it's Wusta-shuh
And here I accidentally said the N word in my head trying to guess the correct pronunciation..
Oregon is a FRENCH word like dragon and jargon. It is not a GREEK word like hexagon. pronounce-...rd-png.jpg
Some of the "right" ones don't seem any different. Some of the "wrong" ones I've never heard said in my life.
the problem is that often ENG version of the city's name is totally different than the national version but it doesn't make ENG one wrong.
they should add Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pronounce: Kwa-La Loom-poor :p
Pakistan is also wrong! It's pronounced pah-kis-taan! Just letting you know guys
Montreal is a Franch name: "MON-RAY-AL" and Lafayette also: "LAFF-AH-YETT(E). ;-) (for those who care)
The original of Montreal is "MON-RAY-AL"... Lafayettre is "LAUGH-AH-YETT(E)". :-)
Its just Pa-kis-tan! As simple as that.. not pah kee stahn. And nobody pronounce it incorrectly..everybody just has a different accent.
Isn't Bangkok simply the English name for the city anyway, its real name being considerably longer?
this is not very accurate there is a lot of wrong corrections like Montreal, Qatar, Iraq & etc, :D actually most of it sound wrong ( funny
Your guide to Worcester and Worcestershire are wrong. Worcester is WUSS-ter. Worcestershire is pronounced WUS-ter-sher (not sheer)
Please somebody confirm how montreal is pronounced - I am in indian with good British English accent .
What about the Spanish town of Marbella? Incorrectly pronounced "Mar-Bella" instead of "Mar-Baya or Mar-Bay-a".
All of the arab ones are wrong, Qatar is pronounced Qatar not kuh ter wtf are you saying
Some other common ones: Iran is not EYE-ran, it's e-RAHN Chile is not Chil-ee, it's Chil-ay
Mispronunciation for me usually is with peoples names, if at times no matter how much I try I have to say my tongue doesn't work like that!
Most of the "wrong" versions are pronunciations I've never heard. Does anyone actually emphasise the second syllable of Melbourne?
Love it! However, I feel like New Zealand's incredibly difficult place names should have made the cut, so I made my own! http://bit.ly/1AtcZ
Worcester - wooster is incorrect.its wusta and wusta - shur. Malvern is said as Mull v'n not Mal-verne
I'd like to add the following: Wrong: Frisco. Right: San Francisco. No one from CA has ever said "Frisco" unless they are going to TX.
Now I can pronounce the sauce! This was great. Thanks for posting it.
You missed "New Orleans." Wrong: New Or-LEE-uns Right: N'WORlunns or N'ORlunns.
I'm surprised Detroit isn't on here. It's actually Dey-twoi... French origins, y'know? [No, seriously. Google that.]
No mention of Newfoundland! Ppl pronounce it new founde land but it's actually new fin land.
Whilst we are at it Scots do not pronounce counties as 'sheer ' for shire , they pronounce it ( correctly ! :) ) as sh-I-re (sh-eye-er )
Wow. So many wrong here. It's quite confusing when you use the American pronunciation of "rock" instead of the actual phonetic symbols
i find it disrespectful to say these places' names with an american accent. they come from other languages. at least try.
It doesn't really matter how you pronounce Bangkok as it's the western name for the city. Thai people call the city Krung Thep.
The Australian ones are both incorrect - Brisbane is "Briz-bin" (my home city) and Melbourne is pronounced "Mel-bin"
London's Southwark is pronounced suh-therk. Boy that one really gets to me.
All the Arabic names are wrong - what's the point of this article if the "corrections" are wrong as well??
Whoa, they mistook COUNTRIES, REGIONS and LOCALITIES for cities.If you publish an article you should at least know what you talk about! Fail
Thank you! There are some that think I am a right royal pain when trying to correct their pronunciation. They think I'm pedantic.
Louisville Kentucky and New Orleans Louisiana should make the list. LU-a-vul and Naw-lins respectively.
Pleasantly surprised by how many I have been pronouncing correctly! Would be great to see more!
Ok, we have a place in Cheshire - Hawarden...always pronounced it How-ad-un but NO! It's phonetic pronunciation is 'Hard-on'! Like really?!?
I live in the UAE (Abu Dhabi) and I have NEVER EVER heard anyone (local or expat) call Dubai du-bay???
Ooh terrific; more fodder for pseudo intellectuals to add to their pretentious arsenal.
You forgot Toronto. wrong: Tor-on-TOW. right: TOR-on-a. The second "T" is silent. Derek Birch, Toronto.
When I moved to Kansas I had to learn to say Ar- kan-sas instead of Ar-kin-saw
Ah..Proper nouns! Many more: New Orleans > N'awlins; To-Ron-to > Tronno; Chee-ka-go > Shikaago; San-Jos > San-hos-ey; MaryLand > MaryLnd etc
N'awlins only if you're from Mississippi! Either Nyew-ORL-yuns (Old uptown accent) or Noo-OR-luns (everybody else)
Load More Replies...Okay I'm Thai and i have to say it's not wrong at all to say bang-kok as you usually do. But Thais would say Krung-tep.
The 'correct' pronunciation of N***r just seems wrong in my brain, no matter how many times I say it 'correctly.' lol
let's ask or post it too google, or wikipedia, for make it sure that's true.. :)
How about Istanbul? Most people here in the States - even after visiting this beautiful, old city - call it IS-tan-bool, rather is-TAN-bool.
Also Tokyo is "TOE-KYO," two longish syllables. Not "TOE-key-yo," three short syllables, as most US Americans say.
Also Tokyo is TOE-KYO, two longish syllables, not "TOE-key-yo" as most US-ers say
I once heard Jason Donovan pronounce Loughborough, loogabarooga on the radio!
How they've listed MONTRÉAL is CORRECT. English-speaking Montréalers pronounce it MUN-TREE-ALL. In French, it becomes MO-HAY-AL.
I think somebody should tell the CBC chef, Stefan ?? about the two Worcester pronunciations shown here, but I don`t know how to do that!
Wrong, Qatar is pronounced Ka-tar. in Arabic Ka-ter means sugar syrup. Just saying
You'd have to be a bit of a halfwit not to know some of these. Who doesn't know that the London river is pronounced "Tems"?
I've lived here since '97 and Ive never heard ANYONE say it like Doo-bay. Locals and expats alike pronounce it as Doo-bye.
Locals and expats alike pronuounce it as Doo-bye. I have lived here since 1997 and I've never heard it pronounced as Doo-bay.
São Paulo (Brazil) - SUN-oo PAHW-loo (BRAH-zeew)
Load More Replies...No..In Hungarian it is, but in English it's plain Boo-da-pest. You don't say Paree,Roma,Veen (for Vienna) ,Moskva or Varshava either do you?
Load More Replies...The Arabic countries and cities are miserably pronounced wrong It's KA-TAHR & DU-BAI
Katie Couric was told before meeting Queen Elizabeth, it's NOT Bucking-ham Palace, it's Buckin-um.
Actually, the capital city of Thailand is pronounced Krueng-Thep. Bangkok is just one of the districts like Bang-Kae,Bang-Yhai,Bang-Mod etc
Nope. Bangkok is not a district but it's the old name of krung-tep.
Load More Replies...Don't forget Edinburgh, Scotland. Ed-in-bur-oh....Ed-in-burg. My understanding of the correct pronunciation is ED-in-bur-ah. :)
some of these are wrong pronunciations are corrected into another wrong pronunciation.
Actually, it's 'Krung Thep' which means 'the City of Angels'. Ps. I'm Thai
Load More Replies...all Italian cities are pronounced worng at all, cause people prefer the English way and not even one over here
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