| Paises A
at.lan.ta bal.ti.more(bawl) bos.ton chi.CA.go(sh@.CAH)
cleve.land dal.las de.TROIT hou.ston(hu) Los an.ge.les mi.AM.i
New Orleans New York orlando st.louis san diego san
freancisco seattle washington Popular Cities |
| Paises A
at.lan.ta bal.ti.more(bawl) bos.ton chi.CA.go(sh@.CAH)
cleve.land dal.las de.TROIT hou.ston(hu) Los an.ge.les mi.AM.i
New Orleans New York orlando st.louis san diego san
freancisco seattle washington Popular Cities |
SOUTHWEST
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
MIDWEST & GREAT PLAINS
NORTHEAST & NEW ENGLAND
SOUTH
CANADA: 118 schools
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND, NORTH IRELAND): 238 schools
Nomes Estranhos de Cidades Americanas e Canadenses
| Amish | Armish |
| Arkansas | Arc-an-saw |
| Baja (as in Baja California) | Bar-haa |
| Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts | Burk-sheer Hills |
| Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona | Can-yon de Shay-ee |
| Cañon City, Colorado | Canyon City, Colorado |
| El Camino Real, the historic trails | El Camino Ray-al |
| El Niño, the climate phenomenon | El Neen-yo |
| Entrée, a main dish in a restaurant | On-tray |
| Fajita, the Mexican food item | Fa-he-ta |
| Filet, Fillet (as in a fish fillet) | Fill-ay (the final t is not pronounced) |
| Gyro | Hero |
| Herb | Some Americans pronounce this word as 'erb, with a silent H, when it refers to a plant. As a man's name the H is always pronounced. |
| Illinois, the state | Ill-in-oy |
| LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) | El-ay-ex |
| Lay-Z | Lazy (lay-zee) (from the American pronunciation of the letter Z as zee) |
| Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado | May-zer Ver-day |
| Mojave Desert | Mo-har-vay |
| Monticello | Mont-ee-chello or Mont-ee-sello (the pronunciation varies in different parts of the USA) |
| Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State | Rain-ear, Rain-year or Ray-near |
| Mount Tamalpais, California | Tam-ul-pie-us (or just "Mount Tam"!) |
| Ñ | When the letter n has a tilde (~) then it is pronounced as "ny", for example El Niño is "El Neen-yo". |
| Natchez, Mississippi | Natch-ess |
| New Orleans | Often slurred into "Nawlins". |
| Overwaitea (supermarket chain in British Columbia) | Over-wait-tee (from Overweight Tea) |
| Real | In Spanish place names: "ray-al". |
| Résumé (CV) | Rezz-ooh-may |
| Route | Root or rowt (pronunciation varies, perhaps with region) |
| Saguaro National Park, Arizona | Sa-hwa-ro |
| San Joaquin Valley, California | San Wa-keen |
| Sequoia National Park, California | See-coy-ya |
| St Louis, Missouri | Saint Loo-ee or Saint-Loo-iss |
| Study Butte, Texas | Stoo-dee Boot |
| Taco, the Mexican food item | I'm never sure - is it Tay-co, Tar-co or Tack-o? |
| Taiga (northern forest) | Tiger |
| Tortilla, the Mexican food item | Tor-tee-ya |
| Tucson, Arizona | Too-sun |
| Vallecito Reservoir, Colorado | Vi-yeh-SEE-toe |
| Yosemite National Park, California | Yo-sem-it-eee |
| Z (the letter of the alphabet) | Zee |
fonte: freespace.virgin.net/john.cletheroe/usa_can/pron.html
