>>>>>>'Course, Austin is also the place that has Manchacha Street (Man-chack) - but the hamlet of Manchacha is Man-cha-ka, Guadalupe Street (Guadloop), Burnet Road (burn-it) and the town of Manor (Mayner) down the road.
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>>>>>And, don't forget Pedernales (Perdenalis) river.
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>>>>This reminds me of two oddities I remember from Virginia: Stanton (Staunton) and Fredgeburg (Fredericksburg).
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>>>There is a British surname Featherstonhaugh (Fanshaw). There is also a town in England by that name.
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>>I stuck my foot in my mouth buying a ticket in the London Underground when I said I wanted a fare to Leicester Square, pronouncing it Lie-chest-er. "Generally we pronounce it Lester," the agent said drily.
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>"Agent"? Why was a spy selling you a ticket. Mike you truly are speaking a foreign language. Americans also seem to mispronounce Berkeley. I was born in Berkeley and its pronounced Barklee
That's because you are on an outdated version of the language. We are on the latest version.
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