I know Kevin must've explained this at some point, but I must've missed it.

[MonorailRed]

Oh I know it drives me crazy when I hear people say Bang-er!!!

Tom Brokaw was the worst offender when those stories made the NBC Nightly News.

I shouldn't talk though. I grew up outside of Boston and moved to midcoast Maine. The folks here still say I'm "from away" despite the fact that I've lived in this house longer than anyone on the block.

 

[Hankshouse]

Forget about U.S. pronunciations, or the Brits for that matter...what about that volcano in Iceland...here we go ....Eyjafjallajokull