On 27 June, 21:06, Ian Jelf wrote:

Not quite a place name but an American lady living in Britain on a tour
of mine once said she caused amusement among her new British friends by
always calling Sainsbury's "Sains - berry"; *apparently they ended up
calling it that, too!

I've never been able to work out how to pronounce Poughkeepsie. I
showed the conductor on the platform my ticket, and asked 'Is this the
train to this place'. He replied 'Poughkeepsie, yes', but very
quickly, and in a very strong accent, so I still couldn't make it out.