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Originally Posted by Keslynn
In the Philadelphia area, it's often pronounced "wooter" (with the oo as in book).
I read somewhere that for the audiobooks of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, the author worked closely with the narrators to ensure that character and place names were pronounced properly. I read most of the series in paper and then listened to one in audio. Turns out I'd been pronouncing a few things wrong in my head as I read.
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That happened to me with the Outlander series, how in reading I pronounced some of the Scottish locations & people's names one way, but they were pronounced differently in the Audible versions.
In general it's also very distracting when you're familiar with an area and an audiobook mispronounces place names.
And back to colorful vernacular...
My PA co-workers tend to say "you'ins" or "you'se" for "you all" while us Marylanders (mostly) tend to say "y'all" (must be that doggone Mason-Dixon line, hm?)