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Message: [QUOTE="SoCalCanine, post: 4006062, member: 803"] The place names here in CA could drive one crazy. Many are pronounced like in Spanish (it once was all Mexico here) but many are not. My favorites include the town next door to me - Port Hueneme. I wanted to say it like Spanish, HWEN-na-may. It is really pronounced wye-NEE-mee. My other favorite is north of here. Paso Robles ignores Spanish pronunciation and is pronounce PASS-o Ro-bulls. The other thing is many place names here came from DEVELOPERS and may mean nothing. I always thought La Crescenta was Spanish for The Crescent but it turns out it was named by an Anglo developer and is meaningless. [/QUOTE]