[Paine in the Neck]

In Asheville, North Carolina, where Leicester is a suburb, I noticed a dual population. One group pronounced Leicester properly, and the other pronounced it "Lee Sesster".

Incomers often take over the pronunciation of a place. In NH, there is the Kancamagus Highway. The oldtimers say "kank a maw gus". The incomers and tourists insist on "kank a mang gus". That long A in Kancamagus that gives the "maw" syllable also appears in the Saco River, pronounced "saw ko". More and more, in recent years I'v heard "say ko".

[Mercat]

OK, Mackinac Island MI pronounced Mackinaw.