Cahuenga Tujunga

Washington is MUCH worse - Humptulips et all.

Sequim!

Except Humptulips and Sequim are pronounced exactly as they should be. Now, how they're supposed to pronounced isn't exactly clear to outsiders but at least we don't just randomly change whether we're going to pronounce the Indian word or some English perversion if it. (Of course, almost in Washington is Aloha, Oregon, which is pronounced completely wrong.)

Puyallup.

Egads, that is just the tip of the iceberg around here. Jamacha? Jamul? San Ysidro?

I can always tell when telemarketers attack- they pronounce Spokane 'Spo-cane', instead of 'Spo-can'. I also love the yearly garbling of Gonzaga by th sportscasters, although they are getting better.

And in quite a few places in the U.S. no one can spell 'Chula Vista'. Or say it. Is it that difficult? Isn't 'vista' a word?

Also, when the telemarketers call they can't pronounce our last name and I just 'Nope, not here'.

No one can pronounce our street name, either. :(

Cost-ah Mesa instead of Coast-ah Mesa always got to me.

Otay Mesa. I think they say 'O-tie Mesa'. But that isn't how it looks, is it?

Ack - I'm trying to figure out the English pronunciations in England - Thames, Leicester Square, etc.

And, pray tell, what is a "Mews"?