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Re:What’s the Difference Between American English and Britis... by ghaff on Sunday January 02, 2022 @04:47PM (#29774317)
> Leominster

Leo-minster. That's pretty much Google.

Local is something more along the lines of leh-minster. (Or maybe Leh-minstuh though you don't really get the Southie dropped r's in this area of the state.)

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Re:What’s the Difference Between American English and Britis... by justinlloyd on Sunday January 02, 2022 @07:36PM (#29775857)
Sepulveda Blvd in Los Angeles, according to google, used to be pronounced Sep-uhl-vee-dah. I can pronounce Sepulveda like a local, I cannot pronounce Los Angeles like one. But I call SF "frisco" just to annoy everyone in the state.
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