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catbyte

(38,492 posts) Wed Dec 10, 2025, 09:33 AM Wednesday

Californians Try To Pronounce Michigan Towns

Nice tries.

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Californians Try To Pronounce Michigan Towns (Original Post) catbyte Wednesday OP

not too bad markie Wednesday #1

Is there still a debate EYESORE 9001 Wednesday #2

They did better than I expected MichMan Wednesday #3

She's right about the fudge JoseBalow Wednesday #4

We still have a local debate over the pronunciation of our city. Americanme Wednesday #5

Sometimes I hear "immigrant" (from Calif) news anchors mispronounce places: JustABozoOnThisBus Wednesday #6

I grew up in Wisconsin. BidenRocks Wednesday #7

markie

(23,801 posts)

1. not too bad

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Wed Dec 10, 2025, 09:50 AM

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funny though because, born and lived there until I was 30.... we have a Charlotte in Vermont as well... different pronunciation

EYESORE 9001

(29,391 posts)

2. Is there still a debate

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Wed Dec 10, 2025, 11:13 AM

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over how to pronounce Ypsilanti?

MichMan

(16,476 posts)

3. They did better than I expected

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Wed Dec 10, 2025, 11:59 AM

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JoseBalow

(9,061 posts)

4. She's right about the fudge

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Wed Dec 10, 2025, 12:03 PM

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Americanme

(345 posts)

5. We still have a local debate over the pronunciation of our city.

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Wed Dec 10, 2025, 12:04 PM

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Battle Creek, or Battle Crick. The local newspaper did a survey years back, it was pretty evenly split. I think mostly older folks said Crick.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,545 posts)

6. Sometimes I hear "immigrant" (from Calif) news anchors mispronounce places:

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Wed Dec 10, 2025, 12:58 PM

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Orion, Milan, Armada

Mostly because we pronounce them wrong

BidenRocks

(2,644 posts)

7. I grew up in Wisconsin.

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Wed Dec 10, 2025, 05:38 PM

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To really mess it up requires AI.

Baraboo = bear a boo
AI ba ra' boo

It hurts the ears, doesn't it?

I live in So. Ca. now.

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