Results: Most Difficult-to-Pronounce Town in Every State (Part Nine)

South Dakota: Pukwana - The town of Pukwana, South Dakota is home to 285 residents and the "Puk U" bar. It's not hard to pronounce once you hear it pronounced for the first time (Puck-WAH-na), but considering that it got this name after having been originally called "Carlton," I felt it deserved an "honorable mention." Have you ever visited this town?

Tennessee: Ooltewa - Ooltewah, Tennessee, is pronounced almost nothing like it sounds. I could go on about the silent T or the phantom D, but, instead, I'm just going straight to the big reveal. The correct pronunciation is Oo-da-wah. Have you ever visited this town?

Texas: Nacogdoches - Remember we were talking about Natchitoches, Louisiana, which is pronounced NAH-code-ish? And I told you not to confuse it with the similarly named town in Texas? Well, here's where the rubber meets the road, so to speak. The similarly-named town in Texas, Nacogdoches, is pronounced NAH-coh-DOE-chess. Really, it's not all that hard to pronounce, at least compared to the one in Louisiana, if you remember that the G is silent. Have you ever visited this town?

Utah: Duchesne - You might have seen a reference to the frequent mispronunciation of the name, Duchesne, on Showtime's Ray Donovan. Even if you didn't, you still might have problems pronouncing Duchesne, Utah. Well, let's just put all doubt aside and learn, once and for all, how to pronounce it properly: Doo-SHAYNE. It's French in origin, and means "oak tree." Have you ever visited this town?

Vermont: Montpelier - Considering that French roots abound in Vermont, it's awfully strange that Montpelier, which is Vermont's capital city, is pronounced as if it never so much as met a French person. Here's how you'd say it in France: Mont-pel-YAY. Here's how you say it in Vermont: Mont-PEEL-yer. Fun fact: there's a Montpelier in Idaho, which is pronounced the same way it's pronounced in Vermont (because it was named by Brigham Young, who was born in Vermont), and a Montpelier, Iowa, which is also pronounced the Vermont-way (because it was settled by people who came from Vermont). Have you ever visited this town?