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How to Pronounce Massachusetts Town Names
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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.
Acushnet
No pronunciations available yet.
Attleboro
ATTA-BORO
This is the correct way to say it.
Berkley
No pronunciations available yet.
Dartmouth
DART-MUTH
This is the incorrect way to say it.
DAHT-MITHThis is the correct way to say it.
PAH-DAN-AH-RAM
Dartmouth's Padanaram, how it's pronounced by non-residents
PAY-DA-NAIR-UM
Dartmouth's Padanaram, how it's pronounced by locals
Easton
EESE-TUN
This is the incorrect way to say it.
EAST'NThis is the correct way to say it.
People from Easton spend their lives saying, "Easton, the town. Not eastern Mass."
Fairhaven
FAIR-HAY-VEN
This is the incorrect way to say it.
FEH-HAY-VENThis is the correct way to say it.
FAY-UH-HAY-VEN
This is the incorrect way to say it. William Fichtner ("Murph") mangled this name badly in "The Perfect Storm."
Fall River
Faw Rivah
This is the correct way to say it. Local
Freetown
No pronunciations available yet.
Mansfield
No pronunciations available yet.
New Bedford
NEW BED-FORD
This is the incorrect way to say it.
NEW BEF-UDThis is the correct way to say it.
North Attleborough
NOTH ATTA-BORO
This is the correct way to say it.
Norton
NORT-IN
This is the correct way to say it.
Raynham
RAIN-HAM
This is the incorrect way to say it.
RAY-HAMThis is the incorrect way to say it.
RAIN-EMThis is the correct way to say it.
Rehoboth
RUH-HOE-BITH
This is the correct way to say it. Very close to Attleboro. The name is taken from the Old Testament.
Seekonk
No pronunciations available yet.
Somerset
No pronunciations available yet.
Westport
WES-PORT
This is the correct way to say it.
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