Need some help - please suggest names of towns/cities that are HARD TO SPELL

[FakeNoose]

My 10 year old grandson is an award-winning speller and I'm very proud of him. I challenged him to learn how to spell Punxsutawney (small town in Pennsylvania) and he learned it. Proud Grandma that I am, I gave him $5.

Now I have to come up with even more challenging names and I thought maybe you guys could help me out.
I guess I should probably limit it to towns and cities in the USA, just to play fair.

Let me know what you come up with.

Happy BLUE Year 2018!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Albuquerque.

[FakeNoose]

2. Great!

My grandson might already know that one, but I'm adding it to the list anyway.

Thanks!

[dawg day]

118. Schenectedy (did I spell that right?)

[lastlib]

133. "Schenectady"

[dawg day]

147. I was close, but no cigar!

[Dulcinea]

158. Cincinnati. Rio de Janeiro.

Those get spelled wrong all the time.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Scituate, Massachusetts

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Tualatin, Oregon

[FakeNoose]

5. Two good ones - thanks!

Even adults get these wrong.

[irisblue]

6. Ypsilanti Michigan

Named for the Greek General who helped in the Revolution.

[FakeNoose]

8. Woah! this is bigly stuff

Thanks

[lapucelle]

7. Here's a master list, starting with the "easiest" of the most difficult.

1. Aquebogue, New York
2. Winnemucca, Nevada
3. Ketchikan, Alaska
4. Worcester, Massachusetts
5. Pflugerville, Texas
6. Champaign, Illinois
7. Skaneateles, New York
8. Saguache, Colorado
9. Kaumalapau, Hawaii
10. Meeteetse, Wyoming

Good luck pronouncing them!

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/24/most-difficult-cities-to-spell_n_7654308.html

[FakeNoose]

11. Awesome! thanks

I'm not even sure if I could spell these, because they're definitely tough.
I've actually been to Champaign, Worcester and Skaneateles, haven't heard of these others.

Thanks for the HuffPo link too.

[Dale Neiburg]

157. "They'll flog me tonight in Pflugerville"

h/t: The Austin Lounge Lizards

[Mopar151]

9. Native American place names in New England

Passumsic VT
Skookumchuk brook
Ompompanoosuc river
Winnipisaukee lake
Umbagog lake

[FakeNoose]

16. Wow thanks!

I hope I can pronounce these.

[mitch96]

92. A little trick with Google translate

Just put the word in google translate. I comes up with a little icon on in the lower left hand corner that looks like a speaker. I'll say the word for you properly... Same with foreign words too...
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[sl8]

63. Passumpsic, VT n/t

[madamesilverspurs]

10. Saguache CO

Also -- Puyallup WA (for that matter, there's a long list of cities and towns in Washington with interesting names, some of them tongue-twisting)


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[FakeNoose]

25. Nice suggestions - thank you

I'm not familiar with most of the Washington state names, but I do know there are lots of Indian names.

Thanks

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. Worcester, MA - pronounced "Wooster (or Woostah!")

[world wide wally]

121. But that's a foreign language

Makes absolutely no phonetic sense at all....in English

[NRaleighLiberal]

123. another - Billerica MA - pronounced "Billricka"

Such fun growing up in New England!

[world wide wally]

130. You might get a kick out of this

https://m.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Puyallup, WA; Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

If you want to include Wales, there's Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

[FakeNoose]

21. Two good ones - thanks!

I think the Welsh names will have to wait. Not sure I could pronounce that anyway.

[IamFortunesFool]

14. Ooltewah

...outside Chattanooga, Tennessee. Pronounced (Ūl-ta-wa)

Derived from Cherokee word (italwah) for “Principle Ground”.

Local red necks say it means “owl” or “owls nest”... I think mainly because the “ool” sounds somewhat like an owl hoot when they attempt to articulate it. At any rate, the local high school mascot is an owl...

[FakeNoose]

18. Good one thanks!

[ret5hd]

15. Foatwuthtehxas

Well, that's how it sounds anyway.

[FakeNoose]

17. LOL - Fort Worth

Yep, I've been there, and that is how they pronounce it.

[ailsagirl]

19. Schenectady, NY

Pflugerville, Texas
Skaneateles, New York
Aquebogue, New York
Kaumalapau, Hawaii

[FakeNoose]

26. Good ones

Thank you! My grandson already knows Schenectady but these other names are tough.

[Chipper Chat]

20. Shipshewana Indiana

Bret Farrrrrrrrrrrve. LOL

[FakeNoose]

68. Awesome thanks!

[nocoincidences]

22. Waxahachie Texas

It's pronounced Wox like box, not wax like ax.

And the fact that it is hard to spell is part of a very funny joke that you have to know Texas to get.

[FakeNoose]

28. I've been saying it wrong all these years

Thanks for letting me know. This is a great suggestion.

[Paladin]

23. Mexia, TX (Short word, tricky pronunciation).

Mexia is pronounced "Meh-HEY-ya." It's a nice town, not too far from Dallas.

[3catwoman3]

24. Schenectady, NY.

I tried twice by myself, and it didn't look right, and finally had to Google to remember the correct spelling. The city site says the name derives from a Mohawk word.

[FakeNoose]

35. Yes Schenectady is a tough one

However my grandson already knows this one - can you believe it?
Most adults can't get it right and my 10-year old grandson can spell it.

That's why I want to challenge him with harder names.

Thanks for playing!

[BigMin28]

84. Good for him.

I was born in Schenectady, but grew up in Texas. I remember being very proud when I learned to spell it. Around age 8 I think. My Dad love to do spelling / definition challenges with my brothers and me.

[Lochloosa]

27. Check out Florida cities. We have some duzys.

[FakeNoose]

38. OK will do

Thanks for the suggestion

[csziggy]

131. Wewahitchka, Loxahatchee, Miccosukee, and many more in Florida

Heck, some have trouble spelling Tallahassee!

The inhabitants of Wewahitchka hate spelling it so much they call it Wewa.

For even more challeges, try Welsh place names, such as the famous Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch - the longest place place name in Europe. My ancestors came from the much shorter named village of Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn.

For more long names: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long_place_names

[dewsgirl]

29. Kissimmee, Fl

[FakeNoose]

65. Thanks this is a tough one

I'll bet most adults can't spell Kissimmee correctly.

[dewsgirl]

136. I've lived an hour away my whole life and go often

I had to spell check it 😉

[Callmecrazy]

70. Loxahatchee, Fl.

And the Caloosahatchee river.

[left-of-center2012]

30. I went to junior high in Punxsutawney back in the late 1950's

"Punxsutawney ~ Home of Punxsutawney Phil"
(THE GROUNDHOG)

Ten years ago I was in Omaha, Nebraska on Groundhog's Day,
watching the local news.

The weatherman had a sign that read "Punxatawney Phil".

Now, if there's one town a weatherman should know how to spell, it's Punxsutawney,
which is a Delaware Indian name meaning "town of the sandflies" or "town of the mosquitoes".

[FakeNoose]

36. I guess that explains it

You can spell Punxsutawney and the weather guys can't.

[left-of-center2012]

43. Locals don't call it Punxsutawney

It's called "Punxsy".

"I'm going into Punxsy to do some grocery shopping."

[Dulcinea]

159. This.

Also, the famous weather groundhog is "Punxsy Phil."

[left-of-center2012]

161. OK, now ...

Having lived near there from the mid-40's to 1959,
and gone to elementary and junior high school there,
I never heard him referred to as "Punxsy Phil".

It was always 'Punxsutawney Phil'.

[Dulcinea]

164. Hmm....

Us dahn Pittsburgh way said "Punxsy Phil." I guess YMMV!

[left-of-center2012]

165. Well, y'all know Pittsburghers talk funny

“How to talk like you're from Pittsburgh
They call it Pittsburghese, and some have said it's the ugliest accent in America.”

http://www.pennlive.com/life/2016/09/pittsburghese_talk_like_pittsb.html

[crazycatlady]

31. Skowhegan, ME

[FakeNoose]

39. Nice one

Thank you

[crazycatlady]

56. You also forgot an obvious one

Chappaqua, NY

[Chipper Chat]

32. Vevay Indiana

It's pronounced "vee vee"

[FakeNoose]

41. OK good suggestion

I'm getting a nice long list!

[5X]

33. Okmulgee, Ok. n/t

[FakeNoose]

50. Good one thanks

I've got to learn how to pronounce this.

[left-of-center2012]

34. Poughkeepsie, NY

[FakeNoose]

45. This is hard for adults to spell

...however I think my grandson already knows this one.
I'm adding it to my list anyway, just in case.

Thanks!

[MiniMe]

37. Schenectady, NY

[TheCowsCameHome]

40. Madawaska, Maine, or

Skaneatles, NY.

[FakeNoose]

61. Both good suggestions

What makes these hard is the pronunciation.

Skinny-at-a-lis, am I right?

[CentralMass]

42. Worcester and Leicester Massachusetts.

Locals pronounce them "wister" and "lester".

There is and a lake in Webster Ma named:

Lake Chaubunagungamaug.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chaubunagungamaug

[left-of-center2012]

49. "wister"

I worked with some student nurses from Worcester,
and they called it 'Wooster'.

[CentralMass]

52. I lived nearby for 54 years. It is definitely not Wooster.

I think some people think of Wooster Ohio.

[left-of-center2012]

62. You may be correct ...

Anyhooo -
they were from Worcester, MA

Why is Worcester pronounced as "Wooster"?

Why Is 'Worcester' Pronounced 'Wooster'? | Grammar Girl

Worcester as Wooster (pronunciation) | WordReference Forums

Why is Worcester pronounced Wooster?

Why is "Worcester" pronounced "wooster"

[CentralMass]

97. Thank you for those excellent links.

[NRaleighLiberal]

124. I grew up in Pawtucket, my wife Lowell - it is "Woostah"!

[CentralMass]

126. I've been to a few PawSox games over the years and went to U-Lowell

[NRaleighLiberal]

132. My wife graduated from U Lowell! I went to some Paw Sox games too - ancient history!

Graduated HS in 1974. We will be in CT, and probably head for Cape Cod, in Feb - got a gardening talk in Hartford.

[CentralMass]

134. Cool. Well I'm living in Oregon but MA will always be home..

[FakeNoose]

60. Yes these are both challenging

Thank you!

[Cirque du So-What]

44. Ypsilanti, MI

[FakeNoose]

58. Good suggestion

Thank you!

[sinkingfeeling]

47. Dubuque, Iowa

[FakeNoose]

64. Definitely going on my list

Thank you!

[madamesilverspurs]

48. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

It's a town in Wales.

Thought it might come in handy if he bests you too often, might save you $5.

Also of note: Some of our local parents reward their kids for reading our newspaper; it's notorious for editing fails, including poor spelling and the frequent use of wrong words (their for there, for instance). The kids get 25c for every error they find, and some of them gather a tidy sum each week. And they are honing their reading skills in the process.


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[FakeNoose]

54. Great idea for building "proofreading" skills

I'm retired now, but in my career I was a typesetter and proofreader for many years. Those are skills that aren't even taught in the art schools any more. My grandson is an excellent reader but I'm sure he could improve his grammar, punctuation and vocabulary skills by pretending to be a copy editor on the newspaper. We'll definitely try that.

As for the town in Wales, I don't think I'll add it to the spelling list because it wouldn't be fair.

Thanks for playing!

[wendyb-NC]

51. Canajoharie?

Canajoharie, NY

[FakeNoose]

55. Yes that's a good one

Thanks! I was actually in Canajoharie many years ago, in upstate NY.

[Igel]

53. North Jersey and Long Island teem with them.

Quogue. Ronkonkoma. Patchogue. Happauge. Peconic. That's LI, for starters.

Hopatcong. Tewksbury. Neshanic. Passaic. Paramus. Wanaque. (N Jersey, pushing down into central Jersey)

Consider Chili, outside of Rochester, NY. It's pronounced not like the food, but with both syllables rhyming with "lie" or "lye": Chye-lye. SE there's Skeneateles, in the Finger Lakes region. The Clinton's home was there.

Oregon has the Siuslaw River, Tillamook of cheese fame, The Dalles, Philomath, Noti (as in "no tie&quot . "Philomath" is stressed on the middle syllable (there used to be a really bad late-night scary movie show 'based' there on some Eugene station).

Where I grew up there was the Patapsco River. Locals pronounced it "pah-tap-si-ko." That -psc- cluster was a bit much.

My current favorite is a berg just NE of Houston, Humble. No 'h', it's pronounced 'umble'.

[FakeNoose]

57. Great suggestions, thanks!

I lived in North Jersey for awhile (long time ago) and I recognize at least some of these names. The Long Island names I'm not sure if I can pronounce correctly but they look really hard to spell. That's was I was looking for.

Thanks for the tip on the Oregan names too.

[bobbieinok]

59. Nevada IA. Not pronounced like state. Ne-vay-da

[SharonClark]

74. Ne-vawe-da Ne-vahh-da Ne-vay-da

Cracks me up.

[FakeNoose]

82. Not sure about this one

My grandson can already spell Nevada (the state) so I don't know if this one would be hard enough.
But thanks for playing.

[forgotmylogin]

66. Chautauqua - New York

Per HuffPo (sorry if this is repeat.)

10. Aquebogue, New York
Misspelled by 56 percent of people

9. Winnemucca, Nevada
Misspelled by 60 percent of people

8. Ketchikan, Alaska
Misspelled by 61 percent of people

7. Worcester, Massachusetts
Misspelled by 62 percent of people

6. Pflugerville, Texas
Misspelled by 63 percent of people

5. Champaign, Illinois
Misspelled by 63 percent of people

4. Skaneateles, New York
Misspelled by 67 percent of people

3. Saguache, Colorado
Misspelled by 68 percent of people

2. Kaumalapau, Hawaii
Misspelled by 69 percent of people

1. Meeteetse, Wyoming
Misspelled by 70 percent of people

[FakeNoose]

72. Wow - all good ones

Thank you

[no_hypocrisy]

67. Duquesne

Pronounced Doo-Kayne

Duquesne, Arizona, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, now a ghost town
Duquesne, Missouri, a village
Duquesne, Pennsylvania, a city named after Marquis Duquesne
Duquesne Heights, a section of Pittsburgh
Duquesne River, Grenada

[FakeNoose]

71. Definitely a challenge

I live in Pittsburgh, and we have the town of Duquesne Heights, also Duquesne University is here.
However I'm not sure if my grandson knows this one, so it's going on my spelling list.

Thank you!

[DUgosh]

69. Boerne, Texas & Manchaca, Texas

Because they are pronounced differently than they are spelled.
Boerne is pronounced Bur née & Manchaca is pronounced ManShack

[FakeNoose]

75. Great - I would have mispronounced these

Thanks for 2 good ones!

[sl8]

73. Kealakekua, Hawaii (Where the humuhumunukunukuapua'a go swimming by)

It's a location, but it may not be a town.

[FakeNoose]

77. OK this one's a little crazy

Can you tell me how to pronounce this?

[sl8]

83. Surely.

or,

My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
Song by Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West

I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
I want to be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago
I can hear old guitars a playing, on the beach at Hoonaunau
I can hear the Hawaiians saying "Komomai no kaua ika hale welakahao"
It won't be long 'til my ship will be sailing back to Kona
A grand old place that's always fair to see
I'm just a little Hawaiian and a homeside Island boy
I want to go back to my fish and poi
I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa goes swimming by
Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa goes swimming by
I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
I want to be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago
I can hear old guitars a playing, on the beach at Hoonaunau
I can hear the Hawaiians saying "Komomai no kaua ika hale welakahao"
It won't be long 'til my ship will be sailing back to Kona
A grand old place that's always fair to see
I'm just a little Hawaiian and a homeside Island boy
I want to go back to my fish and poi
I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa goes swimming by

Songwriters: Bill Cogswell / Johnny Noble / Tommy Harrison / William Cogswell

[FakeNoose]

86. Awesome thank you

It's an audio Daily Double

[Glorfindel]

76. A couple of doozies: Natchitoches, Louisiana, and Nacogdoches, Texas

and just for good measure, Dahlonega, Georgia.

[FakeNoose]

79. Wow - very challenging

I mean, how many aduls can spell these two towns? Not many!

Thanks for the great suggestions

[NBachers]

78. Pahrump could fool you, and there's always Kalamazoo

[FakeNoose]

81. Good ones, thanks!

I can't believe how many great suggestions I'm getting. This is awesome!

[spooky3]

120. This (at around 2:20) can help him remember the Kalamazoo spelling

In college, I lived next to a music major, who was a big band fan; he used to play this a lot.

[tazkcmo]

80. Pflugerville, Tx

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pflugerville,_Texas

[longship]

85. Mackinac Island.

A tourist place, with no motor vehicles, during tourist season. Airplanes somehow exempted.

It's pronounced "Mackinaw" but spelled "Mackinac". A nice place to visit. There are some great little neighborhood places when one gets away from the tourist places. Search out where the locals go.

[FakeNoose]

87. Yes this is a tricky one

...and it's going on my list. I've been to Mackinac Island, many moons ago.

Thanks

[Leith]

143. Even Better...

Michilimackinac

A few more that haven't been mentioned (this far as of this post)

Des Moines

Monongahela (river)

Mississauga, ON

[Wwcd]

88. Massapequa

Massapequa, New York

[FakeNoose]

90. Good one thanks!

My grandson lives in New York and I'm wondering if maybe he knows this one. But I'm going to put it on my list anyway.

Thank you

[Wwcd]

91. "Top 10" - from huffpost

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7654308

10. Aquebogue, New York
Misspelled by 56 percent of people

9. Winnemucca, Nevada
Misspelled by 60 percent of people

8. Ketchikan, Alaska
Misspelled by 61 percent of people

7. Worcester, Massachusetts
Misspelled by 62 percent of people

6. Pflugerville, Texas
Misspelled by 63 percent of people

5. Champaign, Illinois
Misspelled by 63 percent of people

4. Skaneateles, New York
Misspelled by 67 percent of people

3. Saguache, Colorado
Misspelled by 68 percent of people

2. Kaumalapau, Hawaii
Misspelled by 69 percent of people

1. Meeteetse, Wyoming
Misspelled by 70 percent of people

[sl8]

89. Schaghticoke, NY & Coxsackie, NY n/t

[FakeNoose]

93. Wow 2 good suggestions

I know how to pronounce these too because I used to live in upstate New York a long time ago.

SKAT-a-coke

cook-SOCK-ee

Thank you!

[Wwcd]

95. Thanks for adding the pronunciation. SKAT-a-coke

Now I know

[Wwcd]

94. Lol..geezus! 😨

I think the difficult names come from our Native language & also, cities in Hawaii are ones I will always double check.

[Mortos]

96. Tahlequah, Oklahoma

[FakeNoose]

100. Good one

Thanks!

[redwitch]

98. Schaghticoke, NY

Pronounced scat ti coke.

[FakeNoose]

102. Yes I'm adding this on my list

Thanks for playing.

[Tikki]

99. Port Hueneme, Cahuenga,Ojai,Yucaipa...in CA

Lots and lots of Native and Mexican Native language town names on the West Coast.

Tikki

[FakeNoose]

104. Great thanks!

I hope I can pronounce these.

All good suggestions - thank you!

[Tikki]

107. Hueneme...'Y knEE mE ', Cahuenga...'Ka hung ga', Ojai...'O hI', Yucaipa...'U kI pa'...

Sounds like a great young man...Maybe he could look up where each of these towns
or cities are. Never know, he may visit some of them, someday.


Tikki

[nocoincidences]

101. Chappaquiddick

Wachapreague

Poquoson

Nassawadox

Occoquan

[FakeNoose]

103. I thought it was on Martha's Vineyard?

Or is this another Chappaquiddick? Thanks these are all good suggestions!

[nocoincidences]

108. It is.

It's sounds so much like the VA town names around me I just moved it here!

[Motley13]

105. Weeki Wachee, FL

[FakeNoose]

112. Good suggestion - thanks!

Another Native American name.

[doc03]

106. Moxahala, Ohio/a river in PA Youghiogheny

[FakeNoose]

111. Yes and Youghiogheny is another good one

pronounced - YOCK-a-gay-nee

I have to look up Moxahala because I'm not familiar with that one.

Thank you

[doc03]

113. Moxahala is south of Zanesville. I ride the Yock bike trail a couple

times every summer, beautiful river.

[Tobin S.]

109. Cincinnati, Ohio has been known to trip people up.

[FakeNoose]

110. Yes it has

Too often I've seen it spelled "Cincinatti".

LOL - Thanks!

[CincyDem]

127. Be gentle on this one. I lived here 2 years before I started spelling it right. lol. n/t

[greymattermom]

114. Albany, NY and Albany, GA

[uppityperson]

115. From WA. Sequim. Aeneas. Steilacoom. Puyallup. Snoqualmie

Skwim, ANN-ee-us, STILL-a-cum, pYoo-all-up, snow-kwal-mee. Aenas may be pronounced differently.

[NRaleighLiberal]

125. Hey - I learned how to pronounce those back in 1983!

[TheCowsCameHome]

116. You'd better buy a $5 bill printing press.

[yankeepants]

117. Skaneateles New York

[onlyadream]

119. From Long Island

Hauppauge, /hawpog/
Patchogue, /Patchog/

[catrose]

122. Tchoupitoulas is a street in New Orleans

Prounounced ChopiTOOlas

Thibodaux is a city in Louisiana, though. It's pronounced TibaDOH.

[Hestia]

128. Ouachita, Natchitoches, Nagadoches, Bogue Chitto

[justgamma]

129. Maquoketa, ia

Ma-CO-ket-a pronunciation

[UrbScotty]

135. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan!

Pronounced "Sue Saint Marie."

And yes, the official name is Sault Ste. Marie, not Sault Sainte Marie. https://www.saultcity.com/city-charter

[3catwoman3]

141. Wow - memories.

For a semester, way back in 1983 (IIRC), I commuted from K.I. Sawyer AFB, outside of Marquette MI, where my husband was stationed, to Sault Ste. Marie to teach at Lake Superior State College in their nursing program. I'd go up on a Sunday, and they'd put me up in guest quarters on campus for 2 nights. Back I'd go on Tuesday after the second class.

A long lonely drive thru about 80 miles of nothing known as "the Seney stretch." If you'd go off the road, you could have been there for days without anyone driving by to notice.

Every Monday night, I'd drive across the bridge to the Canadian side to go shopping. No good shoppiing anywhere in the UP.

[UrbScotty]

146. My high school's band camp was at LSSU for a couple years

We weren't allowed to go off-campus, but what we did see of the town was beautiful.

Hopefully this summer or next, I will be able to go back to the UP.

[3catwoman3]

148. We were there for 4 long winters.

I don't ever want to go back. The isolation was worse than the weather.

[GeoWilliam750]

137. Fauquier and Loudoun Counties in Virginia

[cyclonefence]

138. Poughkeepsie NY ("po-kip-see")

[CottonBear]

139. Ooltewah, TN & Taliaferro County, GA

The tricky part is that Taliaferro is pronounced as "Tolliver."

http://taliaferrocountyga.org/index.php?page=taliaferro-county

[WyLoochka]

140. Togwotee Pass, Wyoming (toe'-ga-tee)

pronunciation makes no sense, toe'-ga-tee

but there you go.

[LiberalLoner]

142. Missoula or Kalispell Montana

[sl8]

144. "I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonapah" ♫

Pronunciation guide (skip to 0:34):

[FakeNoose]

145. THANKS ALL!

I knew you wouldn't let me down.

Now I've got some real stumpers for my grandson, and it was great hearing from all of you. Some of these are a tad easy, and some are way too hard, but I appreciate everyone's help and input.

Happy BLUE Year everyone!

[we can do it]

149. Cuyahoga Falls....Rehoboth Beach

[Kirk Lover]

150. Longest town name in Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyll I bet the kid can spell it but

can he pronounce it?

[VMA131Marine]

155. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in full

Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch

[Kirk Lover]

160. Thank you! When I googled it I said to myself I swear I remember this being a lot longer...!!!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

151. Paducah, KY

Pronounced Pah-doo-kah.

Native American heritage.

Hanging Limb, Tennessee would catch the kid's curiosity, LOL.

[gopiscrap]

152. Puyallup, Issaquah, Waxahoochie

[Thunderbeast]

153. Sequim and Puyallup Washington

Pronounced SKWIM and PUALUP.

[Rhiannon12866]

154. We moved when I was six and my Dad insisted I learned to spell Ticonderoga

Since that was to be our new home, lots of history there. And there's also Schuylerville, another small town rich in Revolutionary War history. My grandmother was born there and my uncle couldn't spell it. I also got my dog in Poestenkill (Post-In-Kill). All are towns in New York.

[FakeNoose]

163. Yes I've been to Ticonderoga and Schuylerville

... it was many years ago when I lived in upstate New York. My son and I enjoyed the Lake George and southern Adirondack area, we usually went up a few times every summer. Lovely in the summer months but the winters are hard there.

Thanks for these suggestions.

[applegrove]

156. Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, Canada

[TuxedoKat]

162. Coxsackie, NY

Pronounced "cook socky".


Challenge him to pronouce this one:

Ljubljana (Slovene: [ljuˈbljàːna], or lieu blee anna Slovenia

[sakabatou]

166. Gloucester, MA

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