College Name Mistakes... looking to fix on Wikipedia

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by PersistentDST

Yep. It's all about linguistics. I tend to say Car-Neh-Gee. And yes...that is how Clevelanders say it (although I'm not from there).

You can always spot a native by how they pronounce Carnegie and IF they can pronounce Cuyahoga.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

You can always spot a native by how they pronounce Carnegie and IF they can pronounce Cuyahoga.

In Pittsburgh, you can tell a native by *either* properly pronouncing "Monongahela" *or* by giving up and saying "The Mon, the Al and the O".