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‘You Say it How in Michigan?’ is the pronunciation guide we needed

Gratiot? Ypsilanti? Hamtramck? Lahser? Ishpeming? Michigan places have some funny-sounding names, thanks to our blend of cultural influences — and our insistance over the years to just go ahead and pronounce them our own way. (Let’s be honest, we’re not pronouncing “Detroit” the French way.) A new online directory “You Say it How in Michigan?”(michigan.gov/howtosayit) offers a definitive audio pronunciation […]

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