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Local Pronunciations

GaryGocek — 2020-11-07T06:30:09Z

kreag

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- * '''["Hots"]''' - (HAHTS) - as in a white hot or a red hot, or as in the hots restaraunts (eg. ["Fairport Hots"], Bay Hots, etc.).	+ * '''["Hots"]''' - (HAHTS) - as in a white hot or a red hot, or as in the hots restaurants (eg. ["Fairport Hots"], Bay Hots, etc.).
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- * '''["Kodak"]''' - (co-DACK) - with the 'A' sounding like the pronuciation of the 'A' in 'DAD'.	+ * '''["Kodak"]''' - (co-DACK) - with the 'A' sounding like the pronunciation of the 'A' in 'DAD'. + * '''Kreag''' - (kreg) - as in Kreag Road, running from Perinton to ["Bushnell's Basin"]

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jgerek — 2013-10-28T17:40:42Z

clean-up

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- Rochesterians often pick up an accent common to other Great Lakes-area cities like Chicago, ["Buffalo"], Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. Former police chief and current mayor Bob Duffy's Raachster accent is notorious. Linguists attribute this to a phenomenon called "the great northeastern vowel shift" where a soft "A" sound is nasalized into a hard "A" ("dollar" is pronounced "daller") and the soft "E" sound transmutes into a schwa or "uh" sound ("best" becomes "bust").	+ Rochesterians often pick up an accent common to other Great Lakes-area cities like Chicago, ["Buffalo"], Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. Former police chief and mayor Bob Duffy's Raachster accent is notorious. Linguists attribute this to a phenomenon called "the great northeastern vowel shift" where a soft "A" sound is nasalized into a hard "A" ("dollar" is pronounced "daller") and the soft "E" sound transmutes into a schwa or "uh" sound ("best" becomes "bust").
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- * '''["Bob"]''' - (bAHb) as in Bob Matthews	+ * '''Bob''' - (bAHb) as in Bob Matthews
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- * '''["Dawn"]''' - (doughwn) The name of Don's wife - * '''["Don"]''' - (dAHn) as in Don's Original	+ * '''Dawn''' - (doughwn) The name of Don's wife + * '''Don''' - (dAHn) as in Don's Original
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- * Lilac - (LIE-lock)	+ * '''Lilac''' - (LIE-lock)
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- * '''["Ron"]''' - (rAHn) Not to be confused with Greece Chief of Police Rahn	+ * '''Ron''' - (rAHn) Not to be confused with Greece Chief of Police Rahn
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- * '''["Rundel"]''' - (RUN-dul) ["Rundel Memorial Library Building"] name with the emphasis on the '''RUN'''. It's how ["Morton Rundel"] pronounced his name. - * '''["Tom"]''' - (tAHm) as in local billionaire Tom Golisano (gAHlisahno)	+ * '''Rundel''' - (RUN-dul) ["Rundel Memorial Library Building"] name with the emphasis on the '''RUN'''. It's how ["Morton Rundel"] pronounced his name. + * '''Tom''' - (tAHm) as in local billionaire Tom Golisano (gAHlisahno)

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DIRelyea — 2013-07-13T18:33:34Z

Check any map to see Castile in Wyoming, not Genesee, County

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- * '''["Castile"]''' - (CAST-isle) in ["Genesee County"].	+ * '''["Castile"]''' - (CAST-isle) in ["Wyoming County"].

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alexandergartley — 2009-07-09T16:43:41Z

added wiki link to Buffalo

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- Rochesterians often pick up an accent common to other Great Lakes-area cities like Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. Former police chief and current mayor Bob Duffy's Raachster accent is notorious. Linguists attribute this to a phenomenon called "the great northeastern vowel shift" where a soft "A" sound is nasalized into a hard "A" ("dollar" is pronounced "daller") and the soft "E" sound transmutes into a schwa or "uh" sound ("best" becomes "bust").	+ Rochesterians often pick up an accent common to other Great Lakes-area cities like Chicago, ["Buffalo"], Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. Former police chief and current mayor Bob Duffy's Raachster accent is notorious. Linguists attribute this to a phenomenon called "the great northeastern vowel shift" where a soft "A" sound is nasalized into a hard "A" ("dollar" is pronounced "daller") and the soft "E" sound transmutes into a schwa or "uh" sound ("best" becomes "bust").

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alexandergartley — 2009-07-09T16:41:59Z

added wiki link to Fairport Hots

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- * '''["Hots"]''' - (HAHTS) - as in a white hot or a red hot, or as in the hots restaraunts (eg. Fairport Hots, Bay Hots, etc.).	+ * '''["Hots"]''' - (HAHTS) - as in a white hot or a red hot, or as in the hots restaraunts (eg. ["Fairport Hots"], Bay Hots, etc.).

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Dahn — 2009-05-08T15:36:30Z

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- * '''["Ron"]''' - (rAHn) Not to be confused with Greece of Police Rahn	+ * '''["Ron"]''' - (rAHn) Not to be confused with Greece Chief of Police Rahn

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Dahn — 2009-05-08T15:33:11Z

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	+ * '''["Bob"]''' - (bAHb) as in Bob Matthews
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- * '''["Conesus"]''' - (kuh-NEE-shus) - nearby town and lake; for some reason, pronounced like the Buffalo liberal-arts college, Canisius.	+ * '''["Conesus"]''' - (kuh-NEE-shus) - nearby town and lake; for some reason, pronounced like the Buffalo liberal-arts college, Canisius. + * '''["Dawn"]''' - (doughwn) The name of Don's wife + * '''["Don"]''' - (dAHn) as in Don's Original
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	+ * '''["Ron"]''' - (rAHn) Not to be confused with Greece of Police Rahn
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-	+ * '''["Tom"]''' - (tAHm) as in local billionaire Tom Golisano (gAHlisahno)

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FrankAshcraft — 2009-05-08T14:58:57Z

Kodak needs the proper pronunciation added as well.

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	+ * '''["Kodak"]''' - (co-DACK) - with the 'A' sounding like the pronuciation of the 'A' in 'DAD'.

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FrankAshcraft — 2009-05-08T14:53:54Z

gotta show the proper Rahchester pronunciation of hots.

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	+ * '''["Hots"]''' - (HAHTS) - as in a white hot or a red hot, or as in the hots restaraunts (eg. Fairport Hots, Bay Hots, etc.).

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LisaJadwin — 2009-02-15T00:17:29Z

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- Similar to blue-collar Bostonians, blue-collar Rochesterians often pick up the "Great Lakes Accent" found in places like Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. The accent often drops part of the word and blends the word into a hurried version. The best example in 2008 is former police chief and current mayor Bob Duffy; he is notorious. Sometimes people from other parts of the country confuse the accent with the Canadian accent.	+ Rochesterians often pick up an accent common to other Great Lakes-area cities like Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. Former police chief and current mayor Bob Duffy's Raachster accent is notorious. Linguists attribute this to a phenomenon called "the great northeastern vowel shift" where a soft "A" sound is nasalized into a hard "A" ("dollar" is pronounced "daller") and the soft "E" sound transmutes into a schwa or "uh" sound ("best" becomes "bust").
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- * '''["Across"]''' - (uh-KROST) from one side to the other. X--The addition of the 't' sound at the end appears to be a local phenomenon.--X [[Footnote(This is not a local phenomenon. Multiple examples of its usage outside the Rochester area are evident just by searching Google.)]]
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- * "Conesus" - (kuh-NEE-shus) - nearby town and lake; for some reason, pronounced like the Buffalo liberal-arts college, Canisius.	+ * '''["Conesus"]''' - (kuh-NEE-shus) - nearby town and lake; for some reason, pronounced like the Buffalo liberal-arts college, Canisius.

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LisaJadwin — 2009-02-15T00:10:40Z

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	+ * "Conesus" - (kuh-NEE-shus) - nearby town and lake; for some reason, pronounced like the Buffalo liberal-arts college, Canisius.

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BradMandell — 2008-08-12T16:30:58Z

add cross ref to other fun pages

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	+ * ["Oddities"], ["Strange News"], ["Interesting Pages"], ["Interesting Pages List"], and ["Fun Facts"].

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SteveVogt — 2008-07-02T14:13:28Z

not derogatory, truth

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- Similar to Bostonians, Rochesterians often pick up the "Great Lakes Accent" found in places like Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. The accent often drops part of the word and blends the word into a hurried version. The best example in 2008 is former police chief and current mayor Bob Duffy; he is notorious. Sometimes people from other parts of the country confuse the accent with the Canadian accent.	+ Similar to blue-collar Bostonians, blue-collar Rochesterians often pick up the "Great Lakes Accent" found in places like Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. The accent often drops part of the word and blends the word into a hurried version. The best example in 2008 is former police chief and current mayor Bob Duffy; he is notorious. Sometimes people from other parts of the country confuse the accent with the Canadian accent.

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eastsidestephen — 2008-07-01T19:25:50Z

removed condescension, and fixed awkard sentence

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- Similar to Bostonians, local working class Rochesterians often pick up the "Great Lakes Accent" found in places like Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. The accent often drops part of the word and blends the word into a hurried version. The best example in 2008 is former Police Chief Bob Duffy, now Mayor Duffy, he is notorious. Sometimes people from other parts of the country confuse the accent with the Canadian accent.	+ Similar to Bostonians, Rochesterians often pick up the "Great Lakes Accent" found in places like Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. The accent often drops part of the word and blends the word into a hurried version. The best example in 2008 is former police chief and current mayor Bob Duffy; he is notorious. Sometimes people from other parts of the country confuse the accent with the Canadian accent.

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SteveVogt — 2008-07-01T18:00:47Z

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- Similar to Bostonians, local working class Rochesterians often pick up the "Great Lakes Accent" found in places like Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. The accent often drops part of the word and blends the word into a hurried version. The best example in 2008 is former Police Cheif Bob Duffy, now Mayor Duffy, he is notorious. Sometimes people from other parts of the country confuse the accent with the Canadian accent.	+ Similar to Bostonians, local working class Rochesterians often pick up the "Great Lakes Accent" found in places like Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. The accent often drops part of the word and blends the word into a hurried version. The best example in 2008 is former Police Chief Bob Duffy, now Mayor Duffy, he is notorious. Sometimes people from other parts of the country confuse the accent with the Canadian accent.

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SteveVogt — 2008-07-01T17:59:47Z

hist

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JohnWalter — 2008-07-01T17:08:31Z

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- * '''["Charlotte"]''' - (shar-LOT) neighborhood name, with the accent on the 'lotte'.)[[FootNote(Older Rochester residents don't pronounce the 'r' - sha-LOT)]]	+ * '''["Charlotte"]''' - (shar-LOT) neighborhood name, with the accent on the 'lotte'.[[FootNote(Older Rochester residents don't pronounce the 'r' - sha-LOT)]]

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JohnWalter — 2008-07-01T17:07:21Z

How older residents pronounce Charlotte

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- * '''["Charlotte"]''' - (shar-LOT) neighborhood name, with the accent on the 'lotte'.	+ * '''["Charlotte"]''' - (shar-LOT) neighborhood name, with the accent on the 'lotte'.)[[FootNote(Older Rochester residents don't pronounce the 'r' - sha-LOT)]]

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DaveMahon — 2008-06-02T22:06:39Z

+ see also Local Slang

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	+ + '''See Also:''' + * ["Local Slang"]

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alexandergartley — 2008-05-15T14:33:46Z

added info about chili

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- * '''["Chili"]''' - (CHIY-liy) town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie' [[FootNote(A couple of years ago, an out-of-towner criminal was exposed because he said he lived in the town of "Chilly" as he went door-to-door soliciting fraudulent donations (not entirely sure about the details, fill in if you've got em))]] Please see ["Origins of the Name Chili"]	+ * '''["Chili"]''' - (CHIY-liy) town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie'.[[FootNote(A couple of years ago, an out-of-towner criminal was exposed because he said he lived in the town of "Chilly" as he went door-to-door soliciting fraudulent donations (not entirely sure about the details, fill in if you've got em))]] Strangely enough, Chili hosts an annual Chil-E Fest (pronounced like the spicy food), which doesn't involve chili the food in any manner. Please see ["Origins of the Name Chili"]

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RachelBlumenthal — 2007-11-02T15:20:55Z

added links; it's --> its

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- * '''["Berkeley"]''' -- BERK-lee street, near Park Avenue. The pronunciation here presumably agrees with the pronunciation of the California university town for which the street is presumably named. But this pronunciation is a corruption of the name of Bishop George Berkeley, whose surname was pronounced by the English as BAR-klay. - * '''["Castile"]''' - (CAST-isle) in Genesee County.	+ * '''["Berkeley Street" Berkeley]''' -- BERK-lee street, near ["Park Avenue"]. The pronunciation here presumably agrees with the pronunciation of the California university town for which the street is presumably named. But this pronunciation is a corruption of the name of Bishop George Berkeley, whose surname was pronounced by the English as BAR-klay. + * '''["Castile"]''' - (CAST-isle) in ["Genesee County"].
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- * '''["Honeoye"]''' - (HUN-e-oy) town name with more of a confusing spelling that might suggest "HONE-oy" but is pronounced like "honey-oy." - * '''["Java"]''' - (JAY-va) town in Wyoming county, pronounced with a long "A" on the first syllable, unlike the Indonesian city or slang term for coffee.	+ * '''["Honeoye Falls" Honeoye]''' - (HUN-e-oy) town name with more of a confusing spelling that might suggest "HONE-oy" but is pronounced like "honey-oy." + * '''["Java"]''' - (JAY-va) town in ["Wyoming County"], pronounced with a long "A" on the first syllable, unlike the Indonesian city or slang term for coffee.
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- * '''["Monroe"]''' - (MUN-ro) county with the emphasis on the '''MUN''', not the '''ro'''	+ * '''["Monroe County" Monroe]''' - (MUN-ro) county with the emphasis on the '''MUN''', not the '''ro'''
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- * '''["Riga"]''' - (RYE-guh) Once again, this town is pronounced with a long 'i'. It's namesake in the country of Latvia is properly pronounced (RE-guh).	+ * '''["Riga"]''' - (RYE-guh) Once again, this town is pronounced with a long 'i'. Its namesake in the country of Latvia is properly pronounced (RE-guh).

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JasonOlshefsky — 2007-11-02T13:07:12Z

Just gave "Java" the long-a per the description with "JAY-va"

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- * '''["Java"]''' - (JA-va) town in Wyoming county, pronounced with a long "A" on the first syllable, unlike the Indonesian city or slang term for coffee.	+ * '''["Java"]''' - (JAY-va) town in Wyoming county, pronounced with a long "A" on the first syllable, unlike the Indonesian city or slang term for coffee.

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EricLoyd — 2007-11-01T16:51:18Z

Fixed spelling of p-r-o-n-u-n-c-i-a-t-i-o-n and striked out text on across.

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- * '''["Across"]''' - (uh-KROST) from one side to the other. The addition of the 't' sound at the end appears to be a local phenomenon.	+ * '''["Across"]''' - (uh-KROST) from one side to the other. X--The addition of the 't' sound at the end appears to be a local phenomenon.--X [[Footnote(This is not a local phenomenon. Multiple examples of its usage outside the Rochester area are evident just by searching Google.)]]
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- * '''["Berkeley"]''' -- BERK-lee street, near Park Avenue. The pronounciation here presumably agrees with the pronounciation of the California university town for which the street is presumably named. But this pronounciation is a corruption of the name of Bishop George Berkeley, whose surname was pronounced by the English as BAR-klay.	+ * '''["Berkeley"]''' -- BERK-lee street, near Park Avenue. The pronunciation here presumably agrees with the pronunciation of the California university town for which the street is presumably named. But this pronunciation is a corruption of the name of Bishop George Berkeley, whose surname was pronounced by the English as BAR-klay.
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- * '''["Le Roy"]''' - (luh-ROY; LEE-roy) town southwest of Rochester frequently pronounced "luh-ROY" (bastardized French pronounciation)[[FootNote(The correct french pronunciation would actually sound something more like "luh-wrA")]] with emphasis on the second syllable, and sometimes as the man's name, "LEE-roy."	+ * '''["Le Roy"]''' - (luh-ROY; LEE-roy) town southwest of Rochester frequently pronounced "luh-ROY" (bastardized French pronunciation)[[FootNote(The correct French pronunciation would actually sound something more like "luh-wrA")]] with emphasis on the second syllable, and sometimes as the man's name, "LEE-roy."

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jasonpitoniak — 2007-11-01T00:48:49Z

moved Java so be alphabetical d'oh!

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jasonpitoniak — 2007-11-01T00:47:57Z

Added the town of Java

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JeremiahParry-Hill — 2007-05-22T15:07:48Z

typo - lilac

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travisowens — 2007-05-22T15:00:49Z

Renamed from "Weird Local Pronunciations" (Adjectives are opinionated, let's keep this more factual than judgemental)

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	+ * '''["Across"]''' - (uh-KROST) from one side to the other. The addition of the 't' sound at the end appears to be a local phenomenon. + * '''["Avon"]''' - (AH-vahn) town name, pronounced like 'have on' without that h, accent on the A.[[FootNote(This is actually the correct pronunciation of Avon, as in the River Avon in England. Think of Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare was born. Avon (Ay-von), as in the cosmetics company from Croton-on-Hudson, NY is a mispronunciation of this.)]] + * '''["Berkeley"]''' -- BERK-lee street, near Park Avenue. The pronounciation here presumably agrees with the pronounciation of the California university town for which the street is presumably named. But this pronounciation is a corruption of the name of Bishop George Berkeley, whose surname was pronounced by the English as BAR-klay. + * '''["Castile"]''' - (CAST-isle) in Genesee County. + * '''["Charlotte"]''' - (shar-LOT) neighborhood name, with the accent on the 'lotte'. + * '''["Chili"]''' - (CHIY-liy) town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie' [[FootNote(A couple of years ago, an out-of-towner criminal was exposed because he said he lived in the town of "Chilly" as he went door-to-door soliciting fraudulent donations (not entirely sure about the details, fill in if you've got em))]] Please see ["Origins of the Name Chili"] + * '''["Honeoye"]''' - (HUN-e-oy) town name with more of a confusing spelling that might suggest "HONE-oy" but is pronounced like "honey-oy." + * '''["Le Roy"]''' - (luh-ROY; LEE-roy) town southwest of Rochester frequently pronounced "luh-ROY" (bastardized French pronounciation)[[FootNote(The correct french pronunciation would actually sound something more like "luh-wrA")]] with emphasis on the second syllable, and sometimes as the man's name, "LEE-roy." + * Lillac - (LIE-lock) + * '''["Lima"]''' - (LIY-mah) town name which is pronounced like the bean (or like -I'm a-), not the city in Peru. + * '''["Monroe"]''' - (MUN-ro) county with the emphasis on the '''MUN''', not the '''ro''' + * '''["Nunda"]''' - (NUN-day) town in southern-central NY that is pronounced with a long "A" at the end. + * '''["Riga"]''' - (RYE-guh) Once again, this town is pronounced with a long 'i'. It's namesake in the country of Latvia is properly pronounced (RE-guh). + * '''["Rochester"]''' - The 'o' is often pronounced something more like 'ah', yielding: Rahchester. Sometimes blended into a two-syllable word: ROSH-ter (cf. Worcester/WOOS-ter) + * '''["Rundel"]''' - (RUN-dul) ["Rundel Memorial Library Building"] name with the emphasis on the '''RUN'''. It's how ["Morton Rundel"] pronounced his name.