>In Santa Barbara, CA, there's a street called "Calle Real"
>
>People who speak Spanish will be tempted to pronounce it as "Cay-ey
>Rey-al" which is wrong.
>
>People from back East who don't speak any Spanish will want to
>pronounce it "Cali Reel" which is also wrong.
>
>People from the Santa Barbara area know the correct way to say the
>name of this street is "Cali Rey-al".

In Dallas, Texas, there is La Jolla Street, which runs through a variety of neighborhoods, and has been spelled three separate ways on street signs (La Jolla, La Hoya, and La Joya).

You can also tell someone is relatively new to Texas if they pronounce Montague County like the name of one of the two rival families in "Romeo and Juliet." While the Bard may have intended it to be pronounced "mon-tuh-gyu," every Texan knows that it's "Mon-tayg" County.

Montague County's largest town is another example. Bowie, Texas, is pronounced like Jim Bowie's last name (Boo-ee), having been named after the man. Pronounce it like a certain rock singer's name (Bow-ee), and you're going to get some odd looks from the locals.

You might get odd looks anyway. It is a small town in Texas, after all.

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