). So far, so good. It's the -burghs, -boroughs, and -broughs that really trip people up though. You see, they're all pronounced the same way. Yup, Edinburgh , Peterborough , and Middlesbrough all end with the same sound - Edin-bruh, Peter-bruh, Middles-bruh. No, really, they do. But the best mispronunciation story ever was told