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By Tiger Webb and Alle McMahon

Are you pronouncing these words incorrectly?

Tuh-MAY-toh or tuh-MAH-toh?

It might not seem like much, but pronunciation (in its own small way) has the power to bring us together or tear us apart.

Luckily for our journalists and presenters, the ABC has a handy guide that tells us how to pronounce tricky names, places and terms you don't typically find in the dictionary.

Let's see how you'd go as a newsreader.

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