Is "Potomac" really hard to pronounce?

[TZ]

To me, I've lived near the Potomac River most of my life so I've never had any trouble. But everytime I order my meds from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, they stumble upon the address I have it sent to (North Potomac). Maybe its a midwest thing. Dunno. Its just weird.
:shrug:

[Burma Jones]

1. Maybe you should just say West Gaithersburg........

'cause that's what North Potomac REALLY is.......

What do they do, spell it Patowmic?

[TZ]

3. No they stumble over the pronunciation

Call it Poto-MAC..emphasis on last syllable instead of po-TO-mac.

[undeterred]

8. I'm from the midwest and I've never heard anyone

mispronounce Potomac. But we don't talk about it much.

[madinmaryland]

12. I thought it was puh-TO-mac

:shrug:

[TZ]

19. maybe thats it

I've always heard it as almost Pa-TO-mac though. Could be a region pronounciation though. You are a carpetbagger remember?

[Left Is Write]

2. I'm from Minnesota and have never had trouble saying Potomac.

[Aristus]

4. What is the root of the word? Anybody know? I thought either it was the name of an Indian tribe

or derived from the Greek word 'Potamus', which means 'river'.

Anybody know? :shrug:

[TZ]

5. Pretty sure its an Indian tribe.

AFAIK.

[arcadian]

14. Patawomeck

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patawomeck

[no name no slogan]

6. You can rag on our "Potomac" when you correctly pronouce "Wayzata" and "Shakopee"

:D

[3.14158675309]

13. Goddamn right! And throw "Edina" in that list too!

:grr: :P :hi:

[TZ]

17. does it rhyme with

the female genitalia? :evilgrin:

[3.14158675309]

20. NO, pev!

It's "EEE-dyna" :rofl:

[Left Is Write]

18. No kidding!

[Bake]

7. Why no. No, it's not.

:hi:

BAke

[1gobluedem]

9. Try getting people to pronounce Ypsilanti correctly

Potomac is a piece of cake next to that. And there are some, too, who are convinced that Ann Arbor is Ann Harbor.

I guess if you don't hear Potomac every day, it can be tough. Not to this midwesterner but maybe to others.

[CreekDog]

10. People had that problem with our "El Camino Real"

they would say the last word as "Real" when you say "Ree-Al"

It's the Spanish translation of "The King's Highway" like they have back east.

[KamaAina]

11. Mainlanders should not be allowed to drive on our Likelike Highway

"LEE-kay-LEE-kay", not "Like-Like"! :dunce:

[arcadian]

15. Kealakekua

Puʻuhonua O Hōnaunau

Tourists get to the first syllables then give up in frustration.

[KamaAina]

16. Mom always says she gets lost

'cause "all the street names start with a 'K'". :eyes:

[LiberalEsto]

21. We say Pih-TO-mek

And we live about 7 miles from Potomac.