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VIDEO: Argonauts players try to pronounce 'Sault Ste. Marie' — it didn't go well

Members of the CFL club came up with some hilarious pronunciations of our city in a recent video posted to social media
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Screen capture from a video posted by the Toronto Argonauts' social media team had viewers laughing after the football players attempted to pronounce a number of cities in Ontario, including Sault Ste. Marie.

Salt Street Marie? Salt Sainte Maria?

They genuinely tried their best, but players on the Toronto Argonauts just couldn't quite nail the pronunciation of "Sault Ste. Marie" in a hilarious video the CFL football team uploaded to social media this week.

The 2022 Grey Cup champions tried to pronounce a number of cities in Ontario, and the Sault appeared to leave several players completely tongue-tied.

"Salt," "Street," and "Maria" — or a mashup of all of them — were among the funniest guesses in what became a complicated three-part equation. 

While they weren't going to be earning any trophies for their amusing attempts, the video has provided laughs for nearly 40,000 viewers. 

Jake Ceresna, a U.S.-born defensive lineman with the Argos, managed to pronounce the Sault correctly towards the end of the video — he's our MVP now.

Players were tested and struggled with other cities and streets around the province, including Queens Quay, Orillia, Gananoque, and Vaughan.

Even the author of this story had a hard time with one of them — we'll leave you to guess which one.

To the Toronto Argonauts: Saultites would be happy to help you pronounce our city's name, just as long as you come up north for a Canadian Football League preseason game to patch things up. Even a practice would do.



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