You Say Potato

I've been having fun with the Facebook group, I grew up in the South Bay which means I'm Kind of a Big Deal.
Lots of memories of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa and Redondo… and while I'm doing that, I'm revisiting the one memory that causes this terrible mental conflict every time I say the word 'Esplanade'. Growing up, we went to Redondo Beach and to the Esplanade. (anod, not anade)
In Chico, one of the main streets is the Esplanade, (anade, not anod) but if I say it correctly, people stare at me until I say it incorrectly. So I have had to learn to pronounce it incorrectly every time. A bad habit. Heck… I think I'll just start pronouncing it correctly and see if I can't change things around here. I have nothing better to do…