Editor's Corner

I’m sending this Editor’s Corner for Kara Church who is galivanting around Ireland:

Hello, folks! I wanted to give you something fun to read and…well, maybe easy to read. This list is from Mental Floss and lists The Hardest to Pronounce Town Name in Every State—And How to Say It. The topic of hard to pronounce places is fascinating to me. I remember my mom told me that when she moved to Washington from Pennsylvania, she pronounced Puyallup as POO-YA-LOOP, and nobody knew what she was talking about (see below for the true pronunciation).

I’m sure there are places in the rest of the country (outside of the West Coast) that I would pronounce incorrectly, too, because I’ve pretty much always lived “over here.” Here’s one: Tyewhoppety, Kentucky. (I love that name!) Or perhaps McGaheysville, Virginia? It’s pretty amazing how our rules for pronunciation just go out the window when mixing English, French, Indigenous American, and other languages. These will definitely define you as a tourist!

Kara Church | Technical Editor, Advisory

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