I'm tickled by place-name shibboleths, like Houston (HOW-ston) in NYC, or Gough (Gawf) in SF. Texas has one in the form of Bexar County. The 'x' is archaic Spanish spelling for modern 'j' (an aspirated 'h' sound). But anglos dropped the soft 'h', and it's just 'bear' now.
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that'll getcha
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New Orleans is always "New Órlinzz" but Orleans Parish is always "orLEENZ Parish". Houma is "Home-uh" but Tchoupitoulas is "CHOP-uh-TOOL-uh" for no reason
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Speaking of Houston - the suburb of Humble is a silent "H"
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