12 Michigan towns you're probably pronouncing completely wrong

By on Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 8:10 pm

With the influx of French and Native American town and city names, it's no wonder that we sometimes mispronounce them. Here are 12 town, cities, and one natural spring that we always fumble with naming.

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