Weird pronunciations

[Clodfobble]

There's a major street here (and a lesser-known municipality outside the city) spelled Manchaca, pronounced "Man-shack."

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

There's a major street here (and a lesser-known municipality outside the city) spelled Manchaca, pronounced "Man-shack."

I like that. It makes sense, you can see how it evolved.

Bexar "bear" County

That one too, you can see how it has become shortened and the syllables run into each other.

I think my favourite from the above list is a great example of that effect: Cholmondeley - pronounced chumley