You Are Probably Mispronouncing These 32 Place Names

Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if you were to discover that you’d been saying something completely wrong your entire life.

Well, hope you wouldn’t find it too embarrassing as the fact is that you’ve most likely been saying these 32 well-known places entirely wrong. You idiot.

In your defense though, that’s because everyone is saying them wrong. And we’ve just sort of accepted these pronunciations even though they aren’t correct.

Below you’ll find the 32 place names alongside the correct pronunciation written phonetically. Prepare to cringe…

And after that, how about checking out how to say the word ‘chorizo’. You might be surprised there too…

1. Melbourne, Australia
2. Bangkok, Thailand
3. Beijing, China
4. Colorado
5. Colombia, South America
6. Carnegie Hall, New York
7. Budapest
8. Lafayette, Louisiana
9. Mackinac Bridge, Michigan
10. Iraq
11. Dubai
12. Louisville, Kentucky
13. Brisbane, Australia
14. La Jolla, California
15. Helena, Montana
16. Pakistan
17. Reykjavik, Iceland
18. Niger
19. Kissimmee, Florida
20. Thames River, UK
21. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
22. Phuket, Thailand
23. Norfolk, Virginia
24. Tijuana
25. Worcestershire, UK
26. Qatar
27. Spokane, Washington
28. Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem
29. Versailles, France
30. Yosemite
31. Worcester, Massachusetts
32. Montreal, Canada

32 Places People Have Mispronounced Their Entire Life