You know you're from Rochester, NY when...

[Mark Odegard]

I noticed an 'eye-dialect spelling' of 'Rochester' in an earlier post.

I'm not far from the other Rochester, the one in Minnesota. Hereabouts,
there is no set pronunciation. Rock-chester, Raw-chester, and
Rot-chester/Rotch-ester are all current. The non-rhotic one is rarely heard,
and probably has an English accent to go with it.

As I recall Eddy "Rochester" Anderson and Jack Benny, did it 'rock', which
seems the most popular version. If I'm right, I think this would be the
source of the usual AmE pronunciation.

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