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  1. January-22-20, 04:26 PM #1
    mallory
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    It'll be fun to watch how many Detroit names get mispronounced. My bet is on Gratiot being the first.
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  2. January-22-20, 08:35 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by mallory View Post
    It'll be fun to watch how many Detroit names get mispronounced. My bet is on Gratiot being the first.
    Along with Groesbeck and Shoenherr.
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  3. January-22-20, 11:04 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by mallory View Post
    It'll be fun to watch how many Detroit names get mispronounced. My bet is on Gratiot being the first.
    Detroiters are still trying to figure out how to pronounce Gratiot, Freud, Livernois, Goethe, Cadieux, Piquette, and Charlevoix.
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  4. January-23-20, 06:13 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Former_Detroiter View Post
    Detroiters are still trying to figure out how to pronounce Gratiot, Freud, Livernois, Goethe, Cadieux, Piquette, and Charlevoix.
    Or my favorite Lahser, I went most of my life pronoucing it Lasher.
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  5. January-26-20, 09:51 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by factoryrat View Post
    Or my favorite Lahser, I went most of my life pronoucing it Lasher.
    So did my father. If I had a dollar every time he said Lasher I would be living on the French Rivera.
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