How do canadians pronounce toronto

Does it sound like "blur"? A lovely street in Liberty Village whose name newcomers to Toronto struggle saying. Is it "strach-AN"? Not exactly. Wellesley is a downtown Toronto artery with it's own subway station. If you are a TTC commuter in Toronto it will be hard to avoid this word. Tretheway, a residential street tucked away near the and Black Creek has a name that is baffling to pronounce.

If you guessed c "TREH-thoo-wee," you are correct. As Canada's longest street this name invites frequent pronunciation errors.

It's not "YUN-ji" - instead pronounced the same way as "young. In the heart of Koreatown, close to our office, this quaint street can be a challenge to say. In this street name, the "E" signals to the speaker that that "u" is long. Thus, Euclid is pronounced "YOU-clid. Moving over to the west end of Toronto, Geoffrey is another residential street name that is pronounced differently than it's spelled.

Geoffrey is not pronounced with a beginning "Geo" like Geoff, nor it is the "Ji" sound like "George. A great street to drive on to avoid Bloor St. Dupont is pronounced "Doo-pont" and not "DUP-ont.

As a speech therapist, I've spent countless hours helping people pronounce the English TH sound. Here is a perfect example of where we should ignore it. Technically a part of Toronto, this suburb has a name that begets foul-ups. Hardly anyone in all of Ontario pronounces that last "t" I say ter-onno. Long Island Mike Senior Member.

Accents fascinate me-I enjoy learning about them and how they came about. When you travel S along the Jersey Shore as an example when you reach Ocean County changes are noticable - Southern NJ has a notably different accent than further N whereas the people there accent their long O's.

I like regional pronounciations of city names-one of my favorites is Bawlamer,Merylin. This can be a fascinating subject to me! ShonTron Moderator. I was sitting around an airport bar at LAX a few weeks ago and striked up conversation with several others thre - a father and son from Hong Kong, a businessman from New Hampshire, an engineer from Guadalajara. Each time, I had to deviate from my usual pronounciation. All had very favourable impressions of Tor-ron-toe, but did not know where Tor-on-no was.

The bar staff did not know what a Rye Whisky was, as they know it as Canadian Whisky. The other story I have is from Sheffield, where I met a very friendly lady inside their handsome city hall.

I told her I was from Tor-ron-toe, mindful of how most would know it as. She was curious as to why I pronounced it that way if I was from there, and not Tor-on-no she frequents our city, has family here.

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