Every local placename pronunciation that the citizens of one
>state embrace but that would seem odd indeed to the rest of the U.S.
>population
; - nowhere more than NYC:

The street in downtown NYC correctly pronounced HOUSE-ton street
is named after the man named HUGH-ston. allegedly because immigrant students
came home and told their parents who did not speak English that "h-o-u-s"
was pronounced "house".

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