38 Places People Have Mispronounced Their Entire Life

There’s nothing more irritating to a pedant’s ear and nothing more flabbergasting than realizing you’ve been pronouncing the name of so many places wrong, your entire life! Despite the judgment we exhibit toward people who err in enunciating, we all mispronounce a word from time to time, despite our best efforts. Likewise, almost all of us would have pronounced Bangkok as it is but in real it is “Bahng-Gawk”. Well, now it’s time we can really stop mispronouncing the following places.

1. Melbourne, Australia

2. Bangkok, Thailand

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3. Beijing, China

4. Colorado

5.  Colombia, South America

Colombia

6. Carnegie Hall, New York

Carnegie-Hall

7. Budapest

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Budapest

8. Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette

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9. Mackinac Bridge, Michigan

Mackinac

10. Iraq

11. Dubai

Dubai

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12. Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville

13. Brisbane, Australia

Brisbane

14. La Jolla, California

La-Jolla

15. Helena, Montana

Helena

16. Pakistan

17. Reykjavik, Iceland

Reykjavik

18. Niger

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Niger

19. Kissimmee, Florida

Kissimmee

20. Thames River, UK

Thames-River

21. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre

22. Phuket, Thailand

Phuket

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23. Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk

24. Tijuana

Tijuana

25. Worcestershire, UK

Worcestershire

26. Qatar

Qatar

27. Spokane, Washington

Spokane

28. Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem

Via-Dolorosa

29. Versailles, France

Versailles

30. Yosemite

Yosemite

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31. Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester

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32. Montreal, Canada

Montreal

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