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The pronunciation of Chili, NY is an immediate way to ID anyone from the Rochester area.

• QuercusMax 3y ago
  ...of course it's pronounced "Chye-lie". I can't talk, though, I come from Ohio where we have a city named "Versailles" that's pronounced "vur-SAYLES".
  • Fb24k 3y ago
    Illinois also has a Ver-Say-Lees as well as a Kay-row (Cairo)
  • RattlesnakeJake 3y ago
    > ...that's pronounced "vur-SAYLES" Indiana has one too. I found this out when my wife kept using that pronunciation while touring the namesake French palace on our honeymoon.
  • HKH2 3y ago
    Americans love French. It's their nitch. It probably comes from reading so much Nitchski.
• sgerenser 3y ago
  Don’t forget Charlotte, NY (pronounced Shar-LOT).
  • mauvehaus 3y ago
    Or Calais, VT is pronounced CAL-iss.