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HOW YOU SAY
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AH-bul AVENUE
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With a spelling that suggests three possible pronounciations, this street named for the famed local publisher is not too hard.
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ASS-kwith STREET
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Basically, the first "I" is silent and the "S" is hard.
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AL-iss ANN-uh STREET
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Despite
a name that could be pronounced with a distinctive Italian flair, we in
Baltimore just keep it simple, and basically break the name into
two. Thanks to a site visitor for raising this one!
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ohk-en-TROLL-ee TERRACE
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One of the hardest of local streets to pronounce, this neighbor of Druid Hill Park keeps many guessing.
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BAY-yard STREET |
While many Baltimore Street
names are deliberately run together to save syllables, Bayard Street is
actually stretched out from what it could be as "BAIRD" |
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Buh-LAIR ROAD or BLAIR ROAD |
Please, dont dare say BELL
AIR road as in "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air." The E is very much minimized,
if pronounced at all. |
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BENT-low STREET |
Though it suggests a pronunciation
of BEN-TA-LOO, it's never said that way. You can get away with slipping
a very discreet "uh" between the syllables, but you HAVE to end it with
LOW! |
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cath-uh-REEN STREET |
As much as this seems cut
and dry to be pronounced with standard English, it never is. Locals
place particular stress on the REEN as well. |
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FAY-it STREET
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Though the opposite stress of fay-ETT is also rather acceptable, it seems the more streamlined way is the more used.
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YOO-taw STREET |
This one is basically pronounced
just like the state, though I still get a laugh to hear out of towners
struggle to squeeze the silent E into the pronunciation. |
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.........-furd AVENUE |
Though this one is pretty
easy, you might still hear someone talking about GILL-FOARD or MONT-FOARD.
Big no-nos! |
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GAWFF STREET |
Just like Cough but with
a G leading. The most typical mistake is to think of the U,G, and
H are silent and pronounce it GO street, like Vincent VanGogh. |
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GUS REYE-an STREET |
Being that this street was
named for a man named Augustus Ryan, it's only natural that you sound like
you're saying his name when mentioning the street. Transit riders
no longer get a laugh from the "Talking buses" that sounded like the street was being announced as Lesbian Street. |
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LUM-burd STREET
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Here, most
people will know where you refer to if you say lom-BARD, but this
abbheration is a common practice. Thanks to a site visitor for
raising this one.
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mick-MEEK-en STREET |
Though alternatives on this
one are generally accepted, it seems that the most common way to say is
indicated here. |
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MOW-sher STREET |
the "sher" is very soft,
while the O is very long, as opposed to a short O and a hard SH that would
resemble it being called MASHER street. |
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old-HAM STREET |
While one would think of
this as being sped up to be said OLD-hym street, it is in fact said much
like it's spelled. |
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PACK-a STREET |
While early poems suggest
that William Paca pronounced his name PAY-ca, NO ONE local ever calls his
namesake street in this manner. |
