Place Names

Western New York isn't lacking for places with shake-your-head you-gotta-wonder pronunciation. I just found yesterday that "Chili Center," a suburb of Rochester, is NOT (surprise, surprise) pronounced "Chill Lee" (as in the hearty stew); nopers, "Chili" in Western New York is pronounced "Chy (rhymes with Shy or By) Lie."

Which, from my point of view, ranks right up there with Delhi (Del High), Louisiana, and Cairo (Kay Roe), Illinois.