Calling all Massholes: Is it -boro or -borough?
A dozen Massachusetts communities have names that end in the suffix. Which is your preferred spelling? Communities across the Commonwealth are no s...
A dozen Massachusetts communities have names that end in the suffix. Which is your preferred spelling? Communities across the Commonwealth are no stranger to unique spellings and pronunciations. As any out-of-towner might ask, is Reading pronounced red-ing or reed-ing? Is Worcester known as war-chest-er or wuster? And don't even get us started with Scituate, Billerica, or Leominster. But what about the -boro/-boroughs? A dozen Massachusetts communities have names that end in the suffix – 11 of which seem to prefer -borough in most official capacities.