Rhode Island
‘Two guys from Rhode Island’ on how to correctly pronounce the 39 cities and towns in the Ocean State – The Boston Globe
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Sure, “three guys from Boston” — Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Jimmy Fallon — received a lot of attention when they read off every city and town in Massachusetts on “The Tonight Show.”
But they aren’t the only ones with wicked regional accents. And it takes a lot less time to listen to “two guys from Rhode Island” — Rhode Island Report podcast host Edward Fitzpatrick and North Providence Mayor Charles A. “Charlie” Lombardi — tick off the 39 cities and towns in the smallest state.
Hopefully, this educational video will head off any further mispronunciations of the word Pawtucket.