[WestCoastCanadianGirl]

Re UK announcers mispronouncing USA place names, they do the same thing with names around the world. You would think that a TV announcer would have the common courtesty to learn how to pronounce a place name. They seem to make an effort to learn how to pronounce a person's name properly (even appologizing if they are not sure they got it right) but make no effort to get place names right.

Besides Maryland and Los Angeles, my pet peeve is Houston. They pronounce it 'Hoos-ton' rather than the correct 'Hew-ston.'

My husband and I have huge arguments over the correct pronouncation of Los Angeles... he says it the "British" way (ie incorrectly) and I say it like a Los Angeleno)... he says that he says it the British way (?!?) to which I counter that with that logic, he cannot comment on or correct me if I pronounce UK place names differently to how he does, especially since I've not heard of a good many of them, so I don't know how they're supposed to be pronounced, yet he knows better in regards to LA, given that he's actually been there.

Oh well, the struggle continues.