Pronounciations

[Bill O'Neill]

How about even some locals who've trashed the pronunciation of some Merrimack Valley towns. 

Tewksbury: tooks'-bree or bury (where the tooks was spoken like took with an s)
It's often mangled with tooks to sound like a the Canadian winter cap.

Chelmsford. It's common knowledge that it's pronounced with or without the L, and can handle an added P to yield, Chemps'-fid. Or Chemz'-fid. Or Chelmz'-fid (The latter if you own a pool. Or poodle. Or both.)

Billerica. burr-ik'-a. Or brik'-a. Or even bil-rik'-a. Never 4 syllables. Unless it's time to call a cab.

Lowell. Lole. Period. One syllable. If you have to add a syllable, make sure the jingle singers punch them both evenly.

Tyngsboro / Tyngsborough. They can't even agree on spelling let alone how to say it. Before the McMansions hit town (and neighboring Dunstable or Groton) it really didn't matter anyway.  Most agree it's two syllables and tingz'-bro.

Westford. There is no ford in it. It's west'-fid.

I'm sure inside every mahbl-HEAD' there are more.

Bill O'Neill

"Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote:
>A friend and i were listening to a radio station online and referred to
>it
>as the "Douche Bank" instead of "Deutsche Bank" 2013 Gold Championship.
>
>Now, I half expect that from Djs who are new and just starting on a
>local
>station.. local names of people or towns can be hard to say right
>without a
>little practice.
>
>That being said, I've mis pronounced stuff before... My first day on
>the
>air at KNLV Ord, Nebraska.. I mis pronounced Chadron and Saint
>Libory...
>you'd think those would be easy.. nope.. not for this "douche" LOL
>
>I pronounced Chadron as Chad-ron as any moron would do. NOPE! It's
>Shad-run.
>
>I pronounced Saint Libory as Saint Lib-er-ee. NOPE! It's Saint
>Luh-bore-ee.
>
>Just a rant/laugh for the day :)
>
>Paul

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