Evansville, being a German settlement, has plenty of names that out of townees can't figure out.

Mike Sanders
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I went around the building and asked over 25 people I work with this question. What streets, places and venues do people always pronounce incorrectly?"  For most of us that are from around here, these are no brainers, but the ones I've found most oftenmis pronounced are ...

Boeke:

Inevitably is it usually first identified as Bo (long O_) Kee.  This one topped the list

Boehne Camp Road:

Bony??   Nope more like Baynee

Fredrica:

Owensboro folks know, but what about us Hoosiers?  Does it sound like it looks, with a short "i" sound, or Fred-reeka.  I'll leave ya hanging on that one

Daviess County, Indiana or Daviess County, Kentucky

Spelled the same but pronounced much differently from one to the other.

Tekoppel

It's a street and a school, and it tea-cuppel

Tecumseh

Another toughy.  Tee-Cumsah or Tucumsah. I saw the latter

Fuquay

Foo-kay or few-kay

 

Really, couldn't this list go on forever.  The answer yes, but my fingers are starting to cramp.  In closing one I left out so you can figure it out for yourself, and please report back to me! lol

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