Remember the shock you felt when you finally read the lyrics to a classic song that you loved? All those years, you were singing the words to the chorus wrong. This is kinda like that.
This collection of images from the folks over at Thrillophilia takes some of the most commonly mispronounced place names of cities around the world and shows us the correct way to pronounce them.
Of course, some of these mispronunciations are the result of adaptations from one language to another, but it’s all about the more you know, right?
Look:
Bangkok, Thailand 
Melbourne, Australia 
Reykjavik, Iceland 
Dubai, UAE 
Beijing, China 
Budapest, Hungary 
Phuket, Thailand 
Brisbane, Australia 
Colombia 
Yosemite Park, USA 
Iraq 
Montreal, Canada 
Qatar 
The River Thames, UK 
Versailles, France 
Worcester, UK 
Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem 
Helena, USA 
Kissimmee, USA 
Lafayette, USA 
La Jolla, USA 
Niger 
Pakistan 
Worcestershire, UK 
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