Quote Originally Posted by Owlie View Post
Versailles, pronounced Ver-sails. That grates on my ears every time I hear it.
Versailles, Lima, Milan, Bellefontaine, Bremen, Gallipolis, Gnadenhutten, even Toledo...

It goes the other way, too. When I visited my sister in Dallas this fall, it turns out that one of her riding buddies grew up near where I live now. We were talking about the area, people we knew in common, things that had changed, when I said something about Newark. He pounced on the name like a thirsty man with a glass of water. "Nerk! You said Nerk!" he said.