Place Names: Answers

  • Berlin: BER-lin.
  • Billerica: Bill-ricka or B'ricka
  • Cochituate: Co-CHIH-chew-it
  • Concord: CON-cud
  • Leicester: Lestuh
  • Leominster: Lemon-stuh
  • Norfolk: Norfork, Nor-F'K or Nor-folk
  • Peabody: Pea-B'dee
  • Quincy: QUIN-zee
  • Waltham: Wall-tham
  • Woburn: WU-bin
  • Worcester: Wuhstah

SCORING: 11-12: Native (special bonus if you pronounce Worcester as Wihstah).
7-10: Resident alien. 1-6: New TV reporter from out of state.

Naw-f'k

Norfolk: Norfork, Nor-F'K or Nor-folk

Naw! Naw-f'k

rob (not verified) | Thu, 09/24/2009 - 11:57am

I've heard a LOT of

I've heard a LOT of Bostonians call it WALL'um, not wall-tham. I've also heard locals, including some from Waltham, call it wall-thum (not -tham).

Ashley (not verified) | Sat, 11/14/2009 - 7:29pm

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