Aloha, Oregon. Don't go there and pronouce it like you're in Hawaii.
Zactly...
“Aloha, Oregon. Don’t go there and pronounce it like you’re in Hawaii.”
Of Chili, NY - She-lee, not chill - ee
And don’t ask what happened when my Omahaian husband took me back to Nebraska for a visit. Apparently, they don’t speak French there.
Papillion, Ne. pa-pill-yon Not pap-ee-own.
His family gets a big laugh out of my accent, but I don’t say cement like see-ment