Or I guess why are the city in Texas and the street in Manhattan pronounced differently?
PC
Colibri
#2
Because they are named after different people, who pronounced the name differently.
The NY street is named after:
The Texas city is named after Sam Houston.
dqa
#3
Naturally, this has been discussed [url=]before.
dqa
#4
Naturally, this has been discussed before.
Thanks.
Now I’ve got to wonder why they don’t spell it like the guy it’s named after (Houstoun). 
PC
There’s a Houston Street in downtown Savannah. It’s pronounced HOW-stun.
I always wonder, since SoHo is the area SOUTH of HOUSTON, why isn’t it pronounced SOU-HOU?