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There’s a place in Colorado called Buena Vista, yes, named in Spanish for good view. The locals all state that it’s Spanish. But they want it to be unique, so no, it’s not pronounced bwena. It’s fucking pronounced byunah. They literally know they’re pronouncing it wrong, they claim that it’s Spanish, and then they still say you’re pronouncing it wrong if you actually say it correctly.
There's a city in Kentucky called Versailles. Pronounced, you guessed it, vur-sails.
The capital of South Dakota is spelled "Pierre" and pronounced "Pier" like the thing ships pull up to.
And in California, the J, but not the LL, in "Vallejo" are pronounced as in Spanish. "Va-lay-ho".
haha you're joking. 🤦
I remember reading a Bill Bryson book, in which he mentioned a town (in Iowa, I think?) spelled Cairo, but pronounced cay-roh.