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    Californians Try to Pronounce Upstate NY Towns

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    • thanksajdotcomT
      thanksajdotcom
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      Grew up in Upstate NY...I didn't know half of those. Also, a couple of the "correct" pronunciations were not accurate. But overall, quite awesome!

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        Yeah, I noticed two that I thought were wrong and one that I'm not sure about.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          Some of those are historically really important places. Some are little things that few people know. The one is a county name.

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          • thanksajdotcomT
            thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said:

            Some of those are historically really important places. Some are little things that few people know. The one is a county name.

            I'm surprised they didn't do Schenectady.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              Seriously, that's a major city and the home of Thomas Edison and General Electric! It's also the epicenter of the NY pizza zone. And the home and namesake of the world's largest private chemical manufacturer.

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              • thanksajdotcomT
                thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said:

                Seriously, that's a major city and the home of Thomas Edison and General Electric! It's also the epicenter of the NY pizza zone. And the home and namesake of the world's largest private chemical manufacturer.

                Actually, Oneonta would have been a great one! There are a few different ways you could say that one if you didn't know the way it's common said, assuming you read it phonetically.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  Yeah, but it is mostly pronounced like it looks.

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                  • thanksajdotcomT
                    thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    Yeah, but it is mostly pronounced like it looks.

                    It's not super easy though.

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                    • Reid CooperR
                      Reid Cooper
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                      Cute video. They tried hard.

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                      • Rob DunnR
                        Rob Dunn
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                        They should try Wisconsin towns too - Mukwonago, Sheboygen, Waukesha, Oconomowoc, Ozaukee, etc.

                        A lot of them are Native American + French mixed in for good measure.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          Michigan too. Pretty much any state that had heavy AmerIndian influence or bordered a French zone.

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                          • NetworkNerdWifeyN
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                            Might have been a tad more amusing if they had found some redneck Texans to attempt those...

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @NetworkNerdWifey
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                              @NetworkNerdWifey said:

                              Might have been a tad more amusing if they had found some redneck Texans to attempt those...

                              Definitely. Might have gotten inappropriate.

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                              • thanksajdotcomT
                                thanksajdotcom @NetworkNerdWifey
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                                @NetworkNerdWifey said:

                                Might have been a tad more amusing if they had found some redneck Texans to attempt those...

                                Redneck Texans have enough trouble with English alone. Forget adding in Native American names.

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                                • nadnerBN
                                  nadnerB @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  @NetworkNerdWifey said:

                                  Might have been a tad more amusing if they had found some redneck Texans to attempt those...

                                  Definitely. Might have gotten inappropriate.

                                  There in lies the entertainment 😉

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                                  • Reid CooperR
                                    Reid Cooper @nadnerB
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                                    @nadnerB very true

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