Thank goodness there's a pronunciation guide for MA towns:
AR-LING-TON
This is the incorrect way to say it.
AH-LIN-TIN
This is the correct way to say it.
ASH-LIND
This is the incorrect way to say it.
ASH-LAND
This is the correct way to say it.
ASH-LUND
This is how the name is pronounced by people trying to be sophisticated.
EYE-YERE
This is the incorrect way to say it. Robert Urich was heard to use this pronounciation in an episode of '
Spenser for Hire'
AIR
This is the correct way to say it.
BED-FORD
This is the incorrect way to say it.
BED-FUD
This is the correct way to say it.
BRICK-AH
This is the correct way to say it. This the a short form of the name often used by locals.
BILL-ERICA
This is the incorrect way to say it.
BILL-RICK-AH
This is the correct way to say it.
CHEMS-FID
This is the correct way to say it.
KEMS-FORD
This is the incorrect way to say it.
CHELMS-FORD
This is the incorrect way to say it.
CONK-ERD
This is the incorrect way to say it.
CONK-ID
This is the correct way to say it.
Framington
A frequent misspelling
Farmingham
A frequent misspelling
Farmington
A frequent misspelling
GROW-TON
This is the incorrect way to say it.
GRAWT-N
This is the correct way to say it.
Low-ell
This is the incorrect way to say it.
LOEWL
This is the correct way to say it. One syllable only.
MAL-DIN
This is the incorrect way to say it.
MAUL-DON
This is the correct way to say it.
MALL-BOROW
This is the incorrect way to say it.
MALL-BROW
This is the correct way to say it.
MED-FORD
This is the incorrect way to say it.
MED-FERD
This is the incorrect way to say it.
MEH-FUH
This is the correct way to say it. This is how the name is pronounced by town residents
MED-FUD
This is the correct way to say it. This is how the name is pronounced by students who live in town
MEF-FID
This is how someone in Somerville would say it
NAT-ICK
This is the incorrect way to say it.
NEIGH-TIK
This is the incorrect way to say it.
NAYDK
This is the correct way to say it.
NEW-TON
This is the incorrect way to say it.
NEW-UN
This is the correct way to say it.
NEWT-UN
This is the correct way to say it.
PEPPER-ELL
This is the incorrect way to say it.
PEP-ER-AL
This is the incorrect way to say it.
PEP-RIL
This is the correct way to say it.
READ-ING
This is the incorrect way to say it.
RED-IN
This is the correct way to say it.
RED-ING
This is the correct way to say it.
SHER-BORN
This is the incorrect way to say it.
SHER-BIN
This is the correct way to say it.
SUM-MER-VILLE
This is the incorrect way to say it.
SUM-MA-VILLE
This is the correct way to say it.
SLUM-A-VILLE
This is how the name people use to put it down
Stoneum
This is the correct way to say it.
STONE-HAM
This is the incorrect way to say it.
STONE'M
This is the correct way to say it.
TWOKS-BURY
This is the incorrect way to say it.
TWEEKS-BURY
This is the incorrect way to say it.
TOOKS-BURY
This is the correct way to say it.
WALL-THUMB
This is the incorrect way to say it. This is said by people trying to sound like they have been saying it for years
WALL-THAM
This is the correct way to say it.
The Watch City
WIN-CHESS-TER
This is the incorrect way to say it.
WIN-CHESS-TUHR
This is the correct way to say it.
WOE-BURN
This is the incorrect way to say it.
WOO-BIN
This is the correct way to say it.
That's a very good sampling of Massachusetts place names whose pronunciation immediately informs you if you are addressing a local or an import. There are others as well: Chatham = "Chat'm"; Nahant = "Nuh-hahnt"; Scituate = "Sit-u-it", Barnstable = "Bahn-st'bull, and Lawrence= "El Barrio del Norte". Just kidding. Sorta.
This is all very confusing.