Skoo-kul.

In the Philadelphia and South Jersey area, "Schuylkill" is pronounced "Sure-kill". I oughta know....I spent several years of my life parked behind massive car wrecks on that #X@*!!@# expressway, and had plenty of time to think about it.

LANK-a-ster, Pennsylvania is where many Amish live.
Lan-CAN-ster, Ohio is where my gr-gr-gr-grandfather resided.

BURN-it, Texas was named in honor of Governor Bur-NETT.

Old school Miamians pronounce it My-yeah-ma.

Betsy - In central KY, I've always heard it as appa-lay-shun, but we pronounce many words differently (incorrectly?) than the eastern part of the state.

I promise you that here in Harlan, KY, it is pronounced with the "latch" sound, not a "lay" sound. The Appalachian Regional Hospital (ARH) is one of this area's largest employers and they pronounce their name with the "latch" sound.

<PalenQ, there is North Carolina or South Carolina or you can be from the Carolinas but no such place as Carolina.>

ever heard the song 'Carolina in the mohn-ning"

Carolina Panthers...Carolina Hurricanes...'Carolina In My Mind' by James Taylor

and don't the Tar Heels simply have Carolina on their b-ball shirts - Carolina blue?

The Tarheels don't even consider SC in the equation.

No such thing as Carolina but you can refer to them as THE Carolinas but it is either North Carolina or South Carolina.

Carolina Panthers then should be Carolinas Panthers or North Carolina Panthers.

There indeed does appear to be the use of the world "Carolina" like in Carolina in the morning song

Up north here when we here someone say they from Carolina we think North Carolina and not South Carolina.

Alex Trebek used "appa-lay-chin: on Jeopardy last night...he and Webster agree.

Ver-SAILS (Versailles), KY

CANS-City, Missouri

MISS-Sippi

Dubois PA = Doo-boys

How about Ar-kan-saw?

But neither Alex Trebec or Webster live in Carolina...

Nevada is one name that is usually mispronounced by non Nevadans who say i believe Neh-vah-da and not Neh-va-da

Trebek is from Canada, eh?

Well, not only was I born and bred in North Carolina I attended Appalachian State and still live in these mountains. Elsiemoo is correct. It's pronounced Appa-LATCH-in and some individuals such as myself get a little irritated when you refer to our state as Carolina, there ARE two Carolinas, not that we have anything against South Carolina. People from both states prefer if you distinguish between the two.

Caroline means North Caroline up here and tell the Univ of North Carolina that they should not have "Carolina" on the shirts as I believe they do - they refer to themselves as "Carolina" - live with it. It's not just YOU - referring to non-Carolinians who refer to North Carolina as "Carolina" - pot calling kettle black in this case!