Correct Pronunciation

[milven]

I always pronounced it El Jins. Isn't some of this geographical or territorial pronunciations and spellings? For instance, in a post above, I noticed the word "favour" which is the way Canadians and British spell favor.

And in NYC, we call Houston Street "How-stun Street" but we call the city of Houston , "Hue-stun"
Go figure

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...And in NYC, we call Houston Street "How-stun Street" but we call the city of Houston , "Hue-stun"
Go figure

Well, I always wondered why New Yorkers Houston differently when referring to the NYC Street and so I looked it up and found this:


Why do New Yorkers pronounce Houston wrong?
Houston St. in New York is pronounced houseton because it's named for William Houstoun. The street was spelled 'Houstoun' as well, but was changed at some point. Houston, the city in Texas that was named after Sam Houston, is still pronounced hyooston in New York.