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We have some words like that also that aren't pronounced anything like they are spelled. One that comes to mind is a main road in our area. Kuykendahl, it is pronounced "Kirk an dull" .
"Kuykendahl" has a Dutch flavour, by the looks of it, originally meaning something like 'Chick Valley'. Am I right?
Don't get me to lying, but it is the name of a road that was named after a local family in the area who settled here, most of the families were German. I can't swear that they were but my guess is that they were.