How to properly pronounce towns in New Jersey

[HudsonCoNJ]

Originally Posted by fischfan13

I lived in Hudson County for 30 years, and it was always See-caw-cus and Kar-nee .

This is how the locals pronounce it so right or wrong, this is the way I say it also.

[G1..]

Sum- mit

[swilliamsny]

Originally Posted by Gerania

My mother wouldn't let me get away with saying Scrant'n.

I dunno. Everyone in my part of PA slurs it. Scran'n, or even Scra'n. But even more troublesome is Wilkes-Barre, lol.


(Wilkes-Berry)

[proboscis]

Originally Posted by nnjguy

So can someone weigh in on this definitively? I've always pronounced this (without knowing the proper pronunciation) as huh-POT-kong.

Since I was raised in Landing, I can tell you that the answer is definitively Ho-PAT-cong, but the T could be silent if you say it fast

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by swilliamsny

I dunno. Everyone in my part of PA slurs it. Scran'n, or even Scra'n. But even more troublesome is Wilkes-Barre, lol.


(Wilkes-Berry)

Wilkes-Berre