# City names: local pronunciation vs everyone else

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-local-pronunciation-vs-everyone-else/692849>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 11, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-names-local-pronunciation-vs-everyone-else/692849 "2014-07-11T13:49:59Z")\
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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> City names. Pronounced a distinctive way by residents, but a different way by everyone else.
> 
> Examples:
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> Louisville  
> Locals: Loo-ah-vull (kinda all muddled together)  
> Everyone else: Loo-ee-ville
> 
> Others?

Incorrect. Everybody who knows how the English language works pronounces it “Louis-ville.”

An “s” in the middle of a name is always, always, ALWAYS pronounced, regardless of how many faux-educated people think differently.

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