NNE Pronouncers

New Hampshire

People/Proper Names
Ayotte (A' ott), Senior Asst. Attorney General Kelly
Dalianis (dah LANE' us), Judge Linda
Doughty (DOW' tee), Manchester Police spokesman
Duggan (DUG' in), state Supreme Court Judge Jim
Ebel (EEE' bel), Civil Liberties Union leader Claire
Feldvebel (FELD' veh bul), Deputy Insurance Commissioner Alex
Giunta (je UN' tah), Franklin Mayor Tony
Kamen (KAY' men), Inventor Dean
Mangones (man GO' nes), Judge Philip
Sachem (SAY' chem), Laconia High mascot
Van Oot (rhymes with boot), Bar Association Vice President Martha
Wante (wan TAY'), Keene Police Chief Barry
Wieczorek (weh ZOR' eck), Executive Councilor and former Manchester Mayor Ray
Zibel (ZIH' bel), Supreme Court Clerk Howard

Political Features
Alstead - - AL' sted
Berlin - - BER' lin
Boscawen - - BOS' kwin
Bow - - rhymes with so
Chichester - - CHY' ches ter
Coos - - COE' ahs
Hebron - - HEE' bron
Lyndeborough - - LINED' bor oh
Mascenic School District - - Mah SEEN' ick
Monadnock - - moh NAD' nock
Pelham - - PELL' am
Plaistow - - PLAS' toe
Weare - - rhymes with where
Westmoreland - - WEST' more land

Geographic Features
Ashuelot River - - ash WE' lot
Mt. Chocorua - - cha CORE' ah
Cocheco River - - ko CHEE' Co
Kancamagus Highway - - kan ca MAG' us
Odiorone Point - - OH' dee orn
Opechee, Lake - - (oh PEE chee)
Pemigewasset River - - pem ih gee WASS' et
Piscataqua - - pih SCAT' ah kwa
Piscataquog - - pih SCAT' ah kwog
Umbagog - - um BAY' gog
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Vermont

People/Proper Names
Bahre (Bare), Sen. Thomas
Casella (kah SELL' ah)
Gorczyk (gore CHICK'), Corrections Commissioner John
Choepel (sho FEL'), Ngawang (Nu-WANG')
Couture (COO' cher)
Faillace (fah LACE'), Larry and Linda
Kilian (KILL' ee an), Chris
Leahy (LAY hee), U.S. Sen. Patrick
Lunde (LUN' dee), Hank
Mohlman (MOLE' man), Heidi
Obuchowski (oh ba HO' skee), Rep. Michael
Powlovich (pah LOW' vitch, State Police Col. Thomas
Racine (ra SEEN), Lt. Gov. Douglas
Shumlin (SHUHM' lin), Senate President Pro Temp Peter
Searles (SUR' els), Transportation Secretary Brian
Sorrell (sor EL'), Attorney General William
Unilever (YOON' ih leev er)
Valsangiacomo (val san JACK' o mow Or RES' tay), retired state legislator Oreste

Political Features
Barre - - BARE ee
Charlotte - - shar LOT'
Coventry - - CAW' ven tree
Leicester - - lester
Whitingham - - WHITE ing ham

Geographic Features
Ottauquechee - - ot a KWEE' chee
Quagga - - KWA' ga
Quechee Gorge -- KWEE' chee
Mettawee - - MET' ah wee
Lake Memphremagog - - mem fruh MAY gahg
Calais - - KA' lis
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Maine

People/Proper Names
Confalone (con fah LOH nee), Big Squaw owner
Dion (DYE onn), Cumberland County Sheriff Mark
Farsaci (FAR sosh), Green Party gubernatorial candidate Steven
Gamache (guh MOSH), retired boxer Joey
Howaniec (hoh WAH nick), defense lawyer Jim
Ishkanian (ish KAY nee unn), CMP spokesman Mark
Latti (LAT ee), warden spokesman Mark
Michaud (MEE shoo), Senate President Michael
Paradee (PAR uh dee), Maine Turnpike Authority spokesman Dan
Pierter (PEE er tur), BIW spokeswoman Sue
Schultes (SHOOL tees), Portland Jetport Manager Jim
Toorish (TOO rish), paper industry spokesman

Political Features
Aroostook -- ah RAU' sick
Arrowsic -- AIR' oh seek
Bangor -- BANG' or
Biddeford -- BID' eh ford
Bowdoin -- BOW' dun
Bowdoinham -- BOW' dun ham
Bremen -- BREH' men
Calais -- KAH' luss
Caratunk -- CA' ra tunk
Corea -- KOH' ree uh
Daaquam -- DAY' qum
Damariscotta -- dam uh ruh SCOTT uh
Deblois -- duh' BLOY
Eggemoggin -- EGG' eh moggin
Eustis -- EWE' stus
Hebron -- HEE' brun
Isle au Haut -- ILE' uh Hoh
Kenduskeag -- ken DUS' keg
Kokadjo -- ko KAHD' jo
Lamoine -- la MOYNE'
Linneus -- LIN' ee us
Machias -- mah CHI' us
Madrid -- MA' drid
Masardis -- muh SAR' diss
Matinicus -- muh TIN' uh cuss
Minot -- MY' nott
Mount Desert -- Mount Duh ZERT'
Myra -- MEYE' ruh
Oquossoc -- OH' quah suk
Palmyra -- pal MY' ruh
Piscataquis -- pis KA' ta kwis
Pownal -- POW' nul
Ripogenus -- rip oh JEAN' us
Sabattus -- suh BAT' us
Sebec -- seh BEK'
Shapleigh -- SHAP' lee
Smyrna Mills -- SMER' nah
Solon -- SOH' lunn
Stow -- stoh
Topsham -- TOP' shum

Geographic Features
Grand Lake Matagamon - ma tuh GAH' mun
Katahdin -- kah TAH' dun
Umbagog -- um BAY' gog
Mooselookmeguntic -- moose luh muh GUN' tic
Narraguagus River -- nar uh GWAY' guss
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