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We’ve all been there before: Tripping over pronunciation that locals make effortless. Like people in any country, Americans can have their own ways of pronouncing things, most notably places. As the good people of Milan, Mich. will attest, local pronunciation can be entirely different to what most expect. So, when the city of Salina, Kan. was the intended resting place for a marvelously-resurrected Holy Grail Jeep Grand Cherokee, semi-local commenter 10001010 was quick to chime in with a pronunciation tip.

I have family in Eastern KS so I know that it’s pronounce Salina and not Salina, like everybody thinks.

Ah yes, that clears things up perfectly. Commenter Bomber can sympathize, as reading 10001010’s comment as a local could feel akin to psychological warfare.

I hate that I read Salina both right and wrong in that sentence

Thankfully, for the sake of everyone, our own David Tracy chimed in to set the record straight.

Suh-Lie-Nuh!

Oh, and in case you might have trouble remembering how to pronounce Salina, commenter A. Barth has an easy trick for remembering that I’m sure you won’t forget anytime soon.

Rhymes with saliva but not with sativa.

So there we go. Click, click, boom. Now you and I both know how to pronounce Salina, which means one down, many more to go on the list of American communities with names that will perplex and amuse non-locals. I supposed I shouldn’t be throwing too much shade, though. After all, I live in the same city as a neighborhood named Roncesvalles. Glass houses and all that.

[Ed Note, I have to give some props to SquareTaillight2002 for this comment:

Of Holy Grails
There is but one
Oh yes they’re tales
Of others, son.
But know what’s true
And that is just
Jeeps are not rare
Even though they rust

Nice. -DT]

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