<p>There are a lot of schools that I have no idea how to pronounce! Any help here?</p>
<p>Worcester - I've heard wooster, wor-seh-ster, wor-ches-ter
Geneseo - I've heard jeh-neh-SAY-oh, juh-NEE-zee-oh
Brandeis- I've heard bran-dayz, bran-days (soft s), bran-deez
Rennselaer- I've heard ren-seh-lay-er, ren-sih-lar</p>
<p>I have a couple of friends who go to Rensselaer and they all pronounce it “rehn-sah-leer”</p>
<p>Jen-eh-SEE-oh</p>
<p>BRAN-dice</p>
<p>WUS-ter----two syllables and the U is short.</p>
<p>How do you pronounce Bowdoin?</p>
<p>BOW-din.</p>
<p>And the ‘h’ in Amherst is silent ;)</p>
<p>I had a friend who attended Mount Holyoke. She maintained the school was not pronounced Hole-ee-oak, but Whole Yolk. True?</p>
<p>LOL is Worcester really WUS-ter ?!?</p>
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<p>I’d represent its pronunciation more as “Bodin” - with a long O. There is not a hard gap between the syllables, similar to “garden” You wouldn’t say that as “gar-den”</p>
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<p>Yes. And I’ve even heard some of the locals soften the ending r to the point that it almost disappears - sorta like “WUS-tah.”</p>
<p>These pronunciations are law.</p>
<p>Worcester - WHUS-ter (as opposed to WOOS-ter)
Geneseo - Jen-ehh-SEIGH-oh
Rensselaer - Ren-sih-LEER
Bowdoin - Bow-DWIN</p>
<p>Tulane.</p>
<p>My first day of law school a professor told us that it was pronounced “Two-Lane.” And for that matter, New Orleans is pronounced either “new or-lins,” “new or-lee-ans,” but never “new or-leens.”</p>
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<p>In that case everybody I know from New England is breaking the law, because that ain’t how they say Bowdoin.</p>
<p>and the toughest of all:</p>
<p>Brown</p>
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<p>You are correct, I was just separating the syllables as pronunciation guides normally do. In fact, people up north almost swallow that second syllable entirely when saying ‘Bowdoin’! The important thing is that there are two syllables not three!</p>
<p>NOLA: “N’yallins” “Y’allins” Well, I can’t seem to simulate it exactly. But it’s also two syllables, not three (or four in this case!).</p>
<p>Perhaps we have the same friend…I was also instructed “Whole Yolk”. However…my daughter is a senior there now…and I have also heard "Whole -(very, very short-almost in the breath) “Y”-oak numerous times!</p>
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<p>I love people that can’t pronounce English county names. They amuse me greatly.</p>
<p>Duquesne University in Pittsburgh is pronounced “dookane” I believe.</p>