Pronouncing Massachusetts Towns: A Rebus Guide

I’ve simplified these names by turning them into actual puzzles so that you have a fighting chance at pronouncing these names correctly. You’re welcome.

David Spira

1 April 2018

1–2 minutes

If you’re looking for a puzzle more challenging than any you’ll find in a Massachusetts escape room… it’s pronouncing the names of the towns that these companies are in.

Some may be straightforward, but most of them offer no clues in the spelling.

I’ve simplified these names by turning them into actual puzzles so that you have a fighting chance at pronouncing these names correctly. You’re welcome.

Leominster

The Gate Escape

Lemonister Pronunciation: (click to expand)

Lemon-stir

Peabody

Time Warp

Peabody Pronunciation: (click to expand)

Pee-bid-eee

Saugus

Wicked Escapes

Saugus Pronunciation: (click to expand)

Saw-gus

Fitchburg

Curious Escape Rooms

Fitchburg Pronunciation: (click to expand)

Fitch-burg… April Fools! That one’s spelled sensibly.

Tewksbury

Escapology

Tewksbury Pronunciation: (click to expand)

Tooks-bury

Salem

Escape Room Salem

Salem Pronunciation: (click to expand)

Sale-em… Don’t be smug; you only knew this one because of the witch trials.

Winchendon

Winchendon Escape Room

Winchendon Pronunciation: (click to expand)

Witch-in-done

Woburn

North Shore Escape

Woburn Pronunciation: (click to expand)

Woo-burn

Worcester

Escape Games Worcester

Live Action Escapes

Worcestershire sauce + Ring - Shearing - Sauce + Turkey - Key

Worcester Pronunciation: (click to expand)

Wuss-tur

Boston

Boston Pronunciation: (click to expand)

Bass-ton

7 responses to “Pronouncing Massachusetts Towns: A Rebus Guide”

Justin Nevins

April 1, 2018 at 10:21 am

Lol. Still cant figure out Worcester because I can never figure out how to say Worcestershire sauce. No fair using something unpronounceable to show you how to pronounce something. But I loved the BASS+ton one!

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1. David Spira
  
  April 1, 2018 at 11:14 am
  
  Hahaha I spent a silly amount of time just making Worcester work. Options were very limited.
  
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PJ Mann

April 1, 2018 at 11:23 am

Puzzlescape is in boring, old, easy to pronounce Hudson! 😜. Although it isn’t the pronunciation that gets us, it is that there is a Hudson in just about every state – just yesterday we had a group excited to join us except they were 1000 miles away!

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Tahlia

April 1, 2018 at 7:52 pm

Dang, you should do one for Texas. So many weirdo town names around here (Manchaca is pronounced “Man-shack” and Bexar is “Bayer”, just to give you a small sample).

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Jennifer Harrington

April 3, 2018 at 11:33 am

Outside the Box is in easy to pronounce Webster. But Webster is famous for Lake Chaubunagungamaug 🙂

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1. David Spira
  
  April 3, 2018 at 11:38 am
  
  Oh my! I am not touching that one.
  
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  1. Jennifer Harrington
    
    April 3, 2018 at 11:42 am
    
    😂
    
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Co-Founder of Room Escape Artist & Co-Host of Reality Escape Pod. David conceived of Room Escape Artist because he saw the potential of this new entertainment medium back in 2014. From the start, he applied his professional skills as a digital experience designer to the burgeoning industry of escape rooms. David is full of ideas: from in-depth research pieces to new content types… like cute animals solving puzzles. He is always pushing REA to try new things, take risks, and be something more.

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