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24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Larrylarex(m): 11:19pm On Feb 26, 2015
I stumbled across this, and I decided to share it with you guys, enjoy!

1. Melbourne, Austrailia

Mel-BORN (Wrong)
Melb'n (Right)


2. Bangkok, Thailand

BANG-kok (Wrong)
Bahng-Gawk (Right)


3. Beijing, China

Bay-zhhhing (Wrong)
Bey-Jing (Right)


4. Colombia

Co-LUM-bee-a (Wrong)
Co-LOHM-bee-a (Right)


5. Lafayette, USA

Lah-FEY-et (Wrong)
Laff-EE-yet (Right)


6. Iraq

EYE-rack (Wrong)
ee-ROCK (Right)


7. Dubai, UAE

Doo-BYE (Wrong)
Du-BAY (Right)


8. Brisbane, Australia

Bris-BAYNE (Wrong)
Bris'bn (Right)


9. Helena, USA

Hel-AY-na (Wrong)
HELL-en-a (Right)


10. Reykjavik, Iceland

RAKE-ja-vik (Wrong)
REY-kya-vik (Right)


11. Niger

NYE-jer (Wrong)
nee-ZHAIR (Right)


12. The River Thames, UK

THAYms (Wrong)
TEMs (Right)


13. Phuket, Thailand

Foo-kit/ Fuh-ket (Wrong)
Poo-get (Right)


14. Worcestershire, UK

Woe-chester-shyr (Wrong)
Wusta-sheer (Right)


15. Qatar

Kah-TAR (Wrong)
Kuh-Ter (Right)


16. Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem

Vee-ya-DEL-A-Ro-sa (Wrong)
Vee-ya-DOLL-o-Ro-sa (Right)


17. Versailles, France

Ver-SAYLZ (Wrong)
Ver-SYE (Right)


18. Yosemite, USA

Yo-SE-mi-nee/ Yo-se-MIGHT (Wrong)
Yoh-seh-mi-tee (Right)


19. Montreal, Canada

MON-tree-ALL (Wrong)
MUN-tree-all (Right)


20. La Jolla, USA

La-JOL-LA (Wrong)
La-HOY-a (Right)


21. Pakistan

PAK-huh-Stan/ PAK-ee-Stan (Wrong)
PAH-kee-Stahn (Right)


22. Kissimmee, USA

KISS-a-mee (Wrong)
Ka-SIM-mee (Right)


23.Worcester, UK

WOR-ches-ter/ WOR-sess-ter (Wrong)
WOOS-ter (Right)


24. Budapest, Hungary

Boo-da-PEST (Wrong)
Boo-da-PESHT (Right)

Source:http://www.omgfacts.com/lists/18008/You-Probably-Never-Knew-How-Silly-You-Sounded-While-Trying-To-Say-The-Names-Of-These-Cities

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Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Nobody: 11:39pm On Feb 26, 2015
Its #GEJ pronounciations
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Vision4God: 11:46pm On Feb 26, 2015
Hmmmm
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Nobody: 11:52pm On Feb 26, 2015
Ok
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by ItsAnderson: 12:00am On Feb 27, 2015
Nice


You deserve it...
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Larrylarex(m): 12:24am On Feb 27, 2015
ItsAnderson:
Nice


You deserve it...
LOL, deserve what?
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Bifwoli: 1:53am On Feb 27, 2015
GMB would definitely pronounce all of them wrong.

Bou-Ha-Ree...will lose.
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Funjosh(m): 2:33am On Feb 27, 2015
Ibadan = E bar dan wink
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Nobody: 4:42am On Feb 27, 2015
Ibiza (I BI ZAH-wrong)
Ibiza (Ibitha -right)
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by jammyunn(m): 7:44am On Feb 27, 2015
They are not actually wrong but it's a variation in tongue. Most of the names aren't native English names and probably do not have an equivalent in English language, so English speakers tend to use a closer or easier one. Example is the "a" in France which is pronounced as short "a" in English but in french it is pronounced as long "a", i.e. "la france". I for sure know that Iraq is not pronounced as you started.

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