Wilkes-Barre–how the heck do you say it??
July 8, 2023
I have family from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania but only became a regular visitor recently. On one of my first trips, I was informed that my pronunciation of “Barre” is wrong. The source of my pronunciation is my grandmother, who I distinctly remember pronouncing the “Barre” in Wilkes-Barre as “Bearuh”—just a soft little “uh” at the end. … More Wilkes-Barre–how the heck do you say it??

