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Out of the 364 towns listed on the site, I only have pronunciations for about 80 or so of them. I would really appreciate if you help out if you can submit a town pronunciation that I don't have listed already.
Abington
AB-ING-TON
This is the incorrect way to say it.
Bridgewater
No pronunciations available yet.
Brockton
No pronunciations available yet.
Carver
Cah-vah
This is the correct way to say it. Most beautiful town in the baystate....if you like cranberry bogs
Duxbury
DUCKS-BERRY
This is the incorrect way to say it.
DUCKS-BURYThis is the correct way to say it.
East Bridgewater
No pronunciations available yet.
Halifax
No pronunciations available yet.
Hanover
No pronunciations available yet.
Hanson
No pronunciations available yet.
Hingham
Hing-um
This is the correct way to say it. Hing-um is the correct pronunciation of the name of the town. NOT Hing-HAM
Hull
No pronunciations available yet.
Kingston
No pronunciations available yet.
Lakeville
No pronunciations available yet.
Marion
No pronunciations available yet.
Marshfield
No pronunciations available yet.
Mattapoisett
Matta-poise-ett
This is the correct way to say it. Another good old Indian name!
Middleborough
No pronunciations available yet.
Norwell
No pronunciations available yet.
Pembroke
Pem-broke
This is the correct way to say it. Said just the way it looks!
Plymouth
No pronunciations available yet.
Plympton
No pronunciations available yet.
Rochester
RAW-CHES-TER
This is the incorrect way to say it.
RAWCH-IS-TUHThis is the correct way to say it.
Scituate
SIT-CHOO-IT
This is the correct way to say it. Another corruption of an Indian place name...originally SATUIT
Wareham
Ware-um
This is the correct way to say it. This is NOT Ware-HAM although many here say it that way. The best comparison I can give is that you do not say Ded-HAM (Ded-um) or Need-HAM (Need-um). Same holds true for Ware-um .
West Bridgewater
No pronunciations available yet.
Whitman
No pronunciations available yet.
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