TORONTO — You can often spot a Canadian a mile away by the way they say “oot” and “aboot.” But how about the way they pronounce Phuket and Oregon?

Munich-based holiday rental platform Holidu has ranked the most mispronounced destinations in the world based on Google search data. At the top of the list for tongue-tied Canadians is Worcestershire, a county in England (and a popular condiment), with 1,000 monthly searches. The correct pronunciation is WUSS-ter-shur, by the way (we Googled it so you don’t have to).

Coming in a distant second, with 200 monthly searches among Canadians is – surprisingly – Toronto. Is it Tuh-RON-no or Tuh-RON-toe? If we have to tell you, then you’re probably not a true Canuck.

Also stumping Canadians and tying for second place is Curaçao. Turns out, people are pronouncing the ç as a hard ‘c’ instead of an ‘s’ sound, butchering the name of the beautiful Dutch Caribbean island to kur-a-CO or kur-a-CO-ah.

Other destinations that seem to be tripping up Canadians are Türkiye (pronounced TUR-kee-yeh), also with 200 monthly searches, Ibiza with 150 monthly searches (it’s ee-BEE-tha), Oregon with 70 (ORE-uh-g’n), Ljubljana with 60 (lyoo-BLAH-nah) and Phuket with 50 monthly searches on Google (Poo-ket).

But we Canucks aren’t the only ones who slip up now and then. The top mispronounced destination for UK travellers is Kraków with 600 monthly searches (the correct Polish way to say it is krah-kuhf), while 8,000 Americans are googling how to say Qatar every month (whatever you do, don’t say guitar).

And even the most elite wordsmiths will surely stumble over the pronunciation of a tiny Welsh village that holds the record for the longest place name in Europe. With an astonishing 58 letters, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch garners around 500 monthly Google searches and also has the distinction of having the longest valid Internet domain name in the world. The correct pronunciation, says Holidu, is roughly klan-vai-uh-puhth-gwin-guhth-guh-uh-uh-thwuhn-dro-buhth-luhn-tuh-si-lee-ow-go-go-gok (luckily, it’s often shortened to Llanfairpwll, making it much easier to print on t-shirts and fridge magnets).

So, whether you’re booking a flight to Phuket or planning a pint in Worcestershire, just remember: mispronunciations might earn you a few laughs abroad but they also make for great travel stories. After all, it’s not a real adventure unless you’ve mangled a few city names trying to get there.