Thanks to all who have shared insights into the pronunciation of names and places. I would like to add a couple that I am well familiar with. The Piasa Bird of legend around Alton, Ill. and that area suffers a lot by new "announcers" etc. I was brought up with it being pronounced "Pie-a-saw" Bird. Some out of the area people pronounce it "Pee-as-ah" (that is not easy to do phonetically spell out) and the nearest town to me is Alton or "All-ton." That is often pronounced "Al-ton." Closer to St. Francois Co. would be Potosi, Mo. I have always called it "Pah-toe-see." A friend family from "up north" visited it one time and said "what a quaint little town this 'Pah-ta-see' is." I have always heard "Sansoucie" pronounced "San-sue-cie " like Ms. Carver has mentioned. I agree with Ms. Patterson about "Joachim." I remember Joachim Andujar pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals. In St. Louis County, Tesson Ferry gets butchered some times. The first time I went through "the Bluff" (Poplar Bluff) in Butler Co. on my way to S.E. Mo. I went through Quilan, Mo. I called it "Quil-ann" and got laughed out of town. It is called "Q-lynn" by the locals. I hope more join in. I am learning a lot and having fun.