9 Los Angeles Words You Are Probably Mispronouncing

The Broad Museum

The Wrong Way: Rhymes with Maude
The Right Way: With a long "o," like go

It only just opened, but its moneybags namesake Eli Broad has been funding arts in L.A. for years.

Chakra

The Wrong Way: Shock-rah
The Right Way: “Chuckra” with a hard “ch” and an “uh” sound

Maybe hearing everyone say it wrong while maintaining inner peace is the universe’s way of teaching us to be yogis.

Doheny

Wrong Way: DOUGH-enny
Right Way: Dough-HE-nee

It’s the family name of an important Los Angeles oil baron from the 1890s, so show some respect.

Rodeo Drive

Wrong Way: Ro-dee-oh
Right Way: Row-day-oh

You’re probably already saying this one correctly, with its Spanish pronunciation.

Cañon Drive

Wrong Way: Canyon
Right Way: Cannon

If you’re L.A. born and bred, you know we dropped that tilde years ago.

San Pedro

The Wrong Way: San-PAY-droh
The Right Way: San-PEE-droh

This charming rough-and-tumble seaport to the south is its own little world, and has its own little pronunciation.

Poke

The Wrong Way: Rhymes with “bloke”
The Right Way: Rhymes with “okay”

This Hawaiian dish made up of chunks of raw fish is showing up on fine-dining menus, at fast-food joints and even at Ralphs.

Pho

The Wrong Way: Foh (as in “fo sure”)
The Right Way: Fuh

This popular Vietnamese noodle soup’s correct pronunciation isn’t helped by restaurants with misleading (and just plain bad) pun names like 9021Pho and Phorage.

Los Feliz

The Wrong Way: Los Fey-LEASE
The Right Way: Los FEE-lus

Chichi residential neighborhood, represent: You rated an entire Los Angeles Times article about whether to pronounce your name with the rarer, original Spanish pronunciation or the more common, Anglicized way.