My husband is from a small town in Michigan called Lake Orion which is actually quite charming, but equally as ridiculous because the entire population has somehow collectively decided to mispronounce Orion as “oar-ee-un” to the point where they’ve doubled down by making souvenir t-shirts in a desperate attempt to teach the rest of the world how to mispronounce Orion…

so you better bet I bought one of those t-shirts just to document the madness.

Tagging in @NickGates for commentary on the pronunciation train wreck that is “Vallejo.”
@Alice @NickGates now I'm worried I don't know how to pronounce Vallejo.
Also Prescott, AZ should get a mention here because wtf. It's somehow pronounced Press-kit.
@Talia_christine @NickGates FOR REAL. They look at you like an idiot if you actually say Press-Cot.
@Alice @NickGates right??I seriously don't miss AZ at all.😂
@Talia_christine @Alice @NickGates ...and an honorable mention for Tempe. I lived in the Phoenix area for a decade and I'm still not sure I ever managed to pronounce Tempe the way the locals do.