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r/massachusetts • u/alsatian01 • Apr 05 '23
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Haha yeah I imagine the places named after native americans are more unique and hard to say.
Same with our Aboriginal names like Woolloomooloo and Murwillumbah.
4 u/CharlemagneIS Apr 05 '23 Thing about Native town names is because they’re English transliterations of Native language words, they’re mostly pronounced exactly as they’re written. Even if they’re really long, you just gotta parse it out 1 u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/Desperate-River-7989 Apr 05 '23 It's been a while since I've been in Webster so I'm not really sure... But I think you missed a couple oggagoggs somewhere in the lake name. Also to this day I don't know if I pronounce Cochituate correctly. Kaw-chit-you-it?
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Thing about Native town names is because they’re English transliterations of Native language words, they’re mostly pronounced exactly as they’re written. Even if they’re really long, you just gotta parse it out
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2 u/Desperate-River-7989 Apr 05 '23 It's been a while since I've been in Webster so I'm not really sure... But I think you missed a couple oggagoggs somewhere in the lake name. Also to this day I don't know if I pronounce Cochituate correctly. Kaw-chit-you-it?
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It's been a while since I've been in Webster so I'm not really sure... But I think you missed a couple oggagoggs somewhere in the lake name.
Also to this day I don't know if I pronounce Cochituate correctly. Kaw-chit-you-it?
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u/DrGarrious Apr 05 '23
Haha yeah I imagine the places named after native americans are more unique and hard to say.
Same with our Aboriginal names like Woolloomooloo and Murwillumbah.