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		bsimpson on Oct 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Use YouTube to improve your English pronunciation San Francisco is famously a hodgepodge of Spanish-looking names with canonical hybrid pronunciations. - Divisadero: duh viz uh derro - Arguello: are goo-ell o - San Rafael: san ruff ell - Tomales: tuh mal es - Gough: gawff (not Spanish, but still surprising)

Swizec on Oct 31, 2023 [–]

Gough is pronounced like cough. Not that surprising, just a very old way of spelling

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