My personal favorite is Lake Ronkonkoma (just TRY to guess where the accent goes!)....the bottomless lake where the Sachem's daughter allegedly waits to drag boaters into the murky depths.
You took the words right out of my mouth. I was going to list a few more until I realized that I could pronounce them but couldn't spell them, lol. I'll never forget the ribbing I took the day I asked where SOY-oh-set (Syosset - pronounced, sigh-AH-set) was.
My fave is the tale of the man who pronounced Yosemite, YO-se-might.
dom (who resides in the
San Joaquin - pronounced, San-wah-KEEN - valley [I really messed up that one with - San-Joe-uh-KWIN])