[djeastm]

>America is at least as guilty of mispronouncing non-english words it's just natural drift.

See also: Cairo, IL or Versailles, KY...

[teachrdan]

Is the Illinois one the same pronunciation as "KAY-ro", Georgia?

[wlonkly]

Not just Americans! I will add the small town of L'Ardoise, NS, pronounced "Lordways".

[tigerlily]

Notre Dame, IN

[nobody9999]

Or Wilkes-Barre, PA

[teachrdan]

Or Montpelier, VT!

[sanswork]

Delhi, Ca -> Del-High

Fontainebleau State Park -> Fountain Blue State Park

These were two off the ones that really stood out from my travels.

[unzadunza]

Or Pueblo, Salida and Buena Vista CO

[_0ffh]

Birmingham, AL

[canucker2016]

Detroit, MI

[dogmatism]

Calais, ME