Nova Scotia has plenty of towns with names that have odd spellings and pronunciations. Those who live there sometimes say their town’s name completely different than the rest of us. Sometimes everyone is saying it plain wrong. How do you pronounce odd Nova Scotia town names?

Sarah of Halifax, Mom of Percy Doodle (one of our Top Instafamous Dogs of NS), had a great tweet that got us and the Twitterverse speaking Nova Scotia twang.

Locally:

Bras D’or (bruhdore)

Mabou (mah-boo)

Main-a-dieu (man-uh-doo)

Ben Eion (Ben-yawn)

Bouladerie (bull-uh-dree) Broader province:

Pictou (pick-toe)

Truro (churro) https://t.co/u64uUeGQCn — Sarah B. MacDonald (@smackdonna) January 16, 2020

There are plenty of others such as Musquodoboit and Antigonish. Do you say (an-tee-gon-ish) or (an-tig-on-ish) or is it pronounced a different way?

The town of Truro, Adam’s Dad says (tah-roar-oh)

There are plenty of others. Get in on the Facebook and Twitter discussion.

Dad say “Tah-roar-oh” — Adam Barrett (@im_adam_barrett) January 16, 2020

What I’m learning is – no one knows how to say Truro. — Sarah B. MacDonald (@smackdonna) January 16, 2020

I think it’s more “Dan Maaaackintosh”, no? Awesome journalist quirks is another good thread to have. — themikestand (@themikestand) January 16, 2020

In decades past, Boularderie was Bowl-un-derry not bowl-a-dree. That's how the central operator, Mrs. Stephenson, answered when another telephone operator tried to connect with the island's phone system. Havre Boucher (harver-bushie) & Framboise (Fram-boys) deserve mention. — Parker Donham (@kempthead) January 17, 2020

Harver Bushie. Legit. There's a third option on Boularderie … Bool-ar-dree. I've heard the options you mention and the 'un' was more common — Scott Gillard (@scoalegil) January 17, 2020

Framboise (fram-boyz) — Allison Saunders (@alliesaysrelax) January 16, 2020

#magine L'Ardoise came up in a thread! — Brent Sampson (@Brentsampson14) January 17, 2020

Port Mouton pronounced Port mah-toon. The first time I saw the sign for the place I didn't realize it was the same place I'd been hearing about. Gotta love that south shore flair — Kelsey ❄️ (@Outlined_By_ATL) January 16, 2020

Oh trust me… they DO NOT like that 😄 — David Lewis (@uniondesign) January 16, 2020

Not just Sydney. When I first moved here, I took a call from a guy who said he was calling from Lordways. Took me a while to figure out where that was. I've even been there a few times. — Tom Ayers (@tomayers2262) January 16, 2020