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Hard to Pronounce Toronto Street & Place Names

regnard

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If you're planning on going to Toronto, here's a list of hard to pronounce street names and places:

  • Yonge - same as saying "young"
  • Spadina - "spa-dine-ah"; long "i" sound
  • Bloor - rhymes with "poor"
  • Dufferin - "duff-rin"; e sound is silent
  • Etobicoke - "e-to-bee-co"; "k" sound is silent

For a full list of place/street names I've found challenging, feel free to look it up at my blog. ;D
 

YorkFactory

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Runnymede: "run-a-mede"
Dundas: "dun-dass" (pronounced almost like it's two separate words)
Strachan: "strawn"
 

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Sep 18 2012 Shuker Allah.
Lol English is always like this, spell something and pronounce something else

Leicester -
Counol
Lt.
Go and to.
Etc etc
 
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rishabshanker

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the funniest english word I have come across is

WORCESTERSHIRE - pronounced as wooster...why dont they just spell it like they say it or the other way around..:)