mispronounced

Pronunciation is important! Especially in Massachusetts! No one ever wants to mispronounce anything, ever. It can totally bring a conversation to a halt. Typically, before you even attempt to pronounce something that you're not exactly sure about, the best thing to do is ask someone else. Or maybe just Google it, duh! It just so happens that Massachusetts has more than a few cities and towns that are mispronounced quite often.

We are lucky to live in the vast, beautiful upstate region of New York, more specifically known to us simply as the "Capital Region."  But the reality is, that's about as simple as it gets. I've lived in this area my entire life, and the differences between towns, cities, villages, and hamlets can be astonishing.  Not just the way each one looks and feels, but how it's pronounced or trie

We are lucky to live in the vast, beautiful upstate region of New York, more specifically known to us simply as the "Capital Region." But the reality is, that's about as simple as it gets. I've lived in this area my entire life, and the differences in our towns, cities, villages, and hamlets can be astonishing...

We are lucky to live in the vast, beautiful upstate region of New York, more specifically known to us simply as the "Capital Region."  But the reality is, that's about as simple as it gets. I've lived in this area my entire life, and the differences in our towns, cities, villages, and hamlets can be astonishing.  No...

Let me "axe" you a question: How much does it drive you nuts when people simply make up their own words?  Does it stem from laziness, being from a different part of the country perhaps, or maybe it's just the way they were raised.  We did a topic on the show Tuesday morning about commonly used words that people mispronounce and thanks to your phone calls and social media comments, we wer