Okay, I'll bite:walrii wrote:...we Texans long ago planted our own linguistic land mines:
Hobart
Montague
Iowa Park
Hobart = HOBB-ert
Montague = MAWN-tag
Iowa Park = CORN-field
How did I do?
If ever you plan to infiltrate fair Minnesota's stronghold, do pronounce Ely as if it were full of eels: "Eel-ee" (as in, "Yep, that's a pretty eely hovercraft you've got there, Bill."). "Eel-eye" will only get you laughed at and shown the border. Here are a few more of our own shibboleths:
Wayzata
Mahtomedi
New Prague
Cretin (yes, unfortunately that's for real)