How to Pronounce 15 New Jersey Towns that Everyone Screws Up

By Gary Cee

December 5, 2018

So how exactly do you pronounce Metuchen?  And how about Absecon?  And Dunellen?  And is it Home-del?  Or Holm-del?

NJ.com put together this interesting list of town names that most folks just screw up.  And they've included audio files with every town name.

In some cases, there doesn't seem to be a one proper way to pronounce these names. In other cases, it's "depends who you talk to."

So check out the list right here. 

And remember, it's BYOO-na VISTA, not BWAYNE-ah VISTA!

Photo: Famartin 

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