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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoI’m in Indiana and half of our place names are pronounced incorrectly. Ver-sayles (Versailles) Rooshaville (Russiaville) Pee-ru (Peru) Kay-roh (Cairo) And, of course, we’re the home of the University of Note’r Daym.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 days agoSaint Louis would like some words: Bellefontaine (BELL-fountain) Cabanne (CAB-a-knee) Chouteau (SHOW-toe) Carondelet (kron-duh-let) Cote Brilliante (coat BRILL-yunt) DeTonty (duh-TON-tee) Dougherty Ferry (DOOR-uh-tee ferry) DeBaliviere (duh-BALL-uh-ver) Goethe (GO-thee) Gravois (GRAV-oy) Gratiot (GRASH-it) Hodiamont (HOAD-uh-mont) Juniata (june-ee-AH-tuh) Kossuth (KOSS-ooth) Laclede (lah-CLEED) Spoede (SPAY-dee) Tesson Ferry (TESS-on ferry) Zumbehl (ZUM-bull)
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoSounds like L.A., where they like to mispronounce every Spanish name and half the names are in Spanish. Like Lows Feel-iz (Los Feliz)
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoYup, we also add French and German in the mix!
I’m in Indiana and half of our place names are pronounced incorrectly.
Ver-sayles (Versailles)
Rooshaville (Russiaville)
Pee-ru (Peru) Kay-roh (Cairo)
And, of course, we’re the home of the University of Note’r Daym.
Saint Louis would like some words:
Bellefontaine (BELL-fountain)
Cabanne (CAB-a-knee)
Chouteau (SHOW-toe)
Carondelet (kron-duh-let)
Cote Brilliante (coat BRILL-yunt)
DeTonty (duh-TON-tee)
Dougherty Ferry (DOOR-uh-tee ferry)
DeBaliviere (duh-BALL-uh-ver)
Goethe (GO-thee)
Gravois (GRAV-oy)
Gratiot (GRASH-it)
Hodiamont (HOAD-uh-mont)
Juniata (june-ee-AH-tuh)
Kossuth (KOSS-ooth)
Laclede (lah-CLEED)
Spoede (SPAY-dee)
Tesson Ferry (TESS-on ferry)
Zumbehl (ZUM-bull)
Sounds like L.A., where they like to mispronounce every Spanish name and half the names are in Spanish.
Like Lows Feel-iz (Los Feliz)
Yup, we also add French and German in the mix!