Do you consider yourself a well-traveled Marylander? How many of the following eight places around the Old Line State can you pronounce correctly? Take a look at this list and test your skills!
- Havre de Grace
Flickr / Chesapeake Bay Program This town name looks pretty intimidating at first, but it’s pronounced Hav-ruh-deh-Grace. Once you learn it, you’ll have it down forever.
- Bowie
Flickr / Ken Mayer No - not like a hair bow. Locals pronounce this Maryland spot BOO-ee.
- Tilghman Island
Flickr / Chesapeake Bay Program No need to cough and hack to try and pronounce the GH in Tilghman. This beautiful island is simply pronounced Tillman.
- La Plata
Flickr / Jimmy Emerson, DVM It’s pronounced La-PLAY-tah, which throws a lot of people off.
- Ellicott City
Flickr / Joseph C. Topping My Pennsylvania side of the family pronounces it ell-eh-COTT. Locals, however, relax the last part of the word and pronounce it more like ell-eh-CUT City.
- Assateague Island
Flickr / m&s weiss After chuckling over the beginning of the word, know that Assateague is pronounced Ass-uh-teeg.
- Ijamsville
Wikimedia Commons / Bonnachoven Don’t even think about pronouncing the J in Ijamsville. Simply take it out and you’ve got Eye-emz-ville.
- Worcester County
Flickr / Lee Cannon The Pennsylvanian part of me wants to pronounce it with an H, kind of like Worchestershire sauce. However, locals know this place as Wooster County, confusing out-of-towners everywhere.
What are some other Maryland places or words that you find people mispronouncing? Let us know below!
Flickr / Chesapeake Bay Program
This town name looks pretty intimidating at first, but it’s pronounced Hav-ruh-deh-Grace. Once you learn it, you’ll have it down forever.
Flickr / Ken Mayer
No - not like a hair bow. Locals pronounce this Maryland spot BOO-ee.
No need to cough and hack to try and pronounce the GH in Tilghman. This beautiful island is simply pronounced Tillman.
Flickr / Jimmy Emerson, DVM
It’s pronounced La-PLAY-tah, which throws a lot of people off.
Flickr / Joseph C. Topping
My Pennsylvania side of the family pronounces it ell-eh-COTT. Locals, however, relax the last part of the word and pronounce it more like ell-eh-CUT City.
Flickr / m&s weiss
After chuckling over the beginning of the word, know that Assateague is pronounced Ass-uh-teeg.
Wikimedia Commons / Bonnachoven
Don’t even think about pronouncing the J in Ijamsville. Simply take it out and you’ve got Eye-emz-ville.
Flickr / Lee Cannon
The Pennsylvanian part of me wants to pronounce it with an H, kind of like Worchestershire sauce. However, locals know this place as Wooster County, confusing out-of-towners everywhere.
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