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Place names mispronounced - why.
Why do people have to mispronounce placenames so much.
Where I live in Wellington; everyone calls it Wellingtin. Auckland is Orklynd. Gisborne said a Gizbin.
I'm always correcting people with Los Angeles. Here in NZ and Britain everyone calls it Los Angelees and I explain it's pronounced Los Angeliss.
Also Newark (airport) gets said a Nu-wick.
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