Small piece of Kentucky lore: There is a Versailles, Kentucky and it is pronounced ver-SALES. Unlike the Versailles in France, which is pronounced normal. It's not that we don't know how to pronounce Versailles, France, it's just that Kentucky Versailles is a different one and it's pronounced ver-SALES.
This is one of the easiest ways to clock someone who isn't from here
There’s also a Monticello that’s pronounced mont-uh-Sell-oh unlike Jefferson’s estate in Virginia. Kentuckians are tricksy.
I was about to say "no wtf we don't" but then I said it to myself and realized we do. Mont-uh-SELL-oh.
Relatedly, when I was in college in Georgia, a friend called me on the phone so he could put me on speaker and show his girlfriend while I said "Louisville." (It's LOO-uh-vull, or even LOO-vull if you're short on time)
Wisconsin has a town named Rio which is pronounced "rye-oh" which we use for the same purpose
I wish I could make fun of this, but the easiest way to tell if someone is Canadian is hearing them pronounce Calgary or Toronto.
(Kal-gree) (Tur-on-oh)
I can easily clock when someone is not from Kentucky
