The City Names Americans Mispronounce Most / Pronunciation

If you’re a New Yorker walking the streets of Manhattan, you know there are a few things that tip you off immediately that you’re in the presence of tourists. No, it’s not that they’re the only ones looking up at the skyscrapers to take pictures—locals sometimes do that, too—and it’s not that they’re the only ones gawking at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. The truth is that aside from being the only people carrying shopping bags from the Hard Rock Cafe, they’re the only ones who ask directions to “HEW-ston Street.”
In New York City, “Houston” is pronounced “HOW-ston,” and mispronouncing this vital artery’s name is akin to blasphemy.

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