We have Taliaferro County, which is pronounced "tolliver."

Aroo?

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Okay, I can kinda see how you get there. If you are a little bit drunk. And only have a fleeting flirtation with the whole "letters have very specific sounds" oppressionarchy. Yeah, I can kinda get there.

I think of it in the same way that Worcestershire is pronounced "woostershur"

There are a couple of names in CA that I had pronunciation issues with. Sepulveda, I pronounced SepulVAYda the first time I said it out loud. Then La Jolla. Well. I don't think I ever said it out loud... I just figured out eventually that La Hoya was La Jolla. I'm sure there are others.

In case anyone is keeping track, Kitty crack pads still rule

The SoCal ones are Spanish. Which? Threw me for a massive loop in the Pacific Northwest where things go a little more Native American.

I do the dog head tilt thing a lot, actually.

I know the basic rules of Spanish. Why the Willamette rhymes with "Dang nabbit?" I will never know.

I just figured out eventually that La Hoya was La Jolla.

Yeah, this makes sense to me...

Yeah - I just didn't remember the jo combo in Spanish much, so it threw me, I guess. I'd heard the name a lot, but I never would've spelled that way before I actually saw it spelled. Then again, my hometown is Hockessin, and I forget that it's not obvious how to pronounce it. So.

How does one say Hockessin???

I admit, my stuff was weird. It just makes sense on a gut level to me cause it always was...

Don't make me bring up my grandparents' town in Texas, Refugio. It is pronounced, by whitey anyway, "Re-fer-ee-oh." (Shout-out to msbelle!)

ugh. I'm at the part of the document (that is, the last 30 pages or so) that I didn't have a chance to thoroughly edit last night and I know I should just let it go but I can't help but read everything and make changes and, at this rate, I won't be finished until, oh, sometime next week? And I really am getting sleeepy. I just need to let it go and accept the changes.

HO! Kessin!