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minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoBut you forgot, we also have to mispronounce it then get mad if you don’t mispronounce it the right way. -someone that was born in New berlin, not “new berLIN”, But “new BURlin”.
minus-squareTheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoFor a better example: Versailles, Kentucky. Guess how that one is pronounced.
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoOh God,I had an ex from Georgia that would hit me with these. Let’s go with “verse-ay-lees”.
minus-squareDicska@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 days agoHow about naming the town after a city in Austria, but still the Roman way? Not just once, not just twice, but (EDIT: I’m having déja vu after the last time had I brought up the several dozen Springfields)
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThat’s just how Wien is spelled in English. We also pronounce it how it’s spelled in English. No different from calling Österreich Austria
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days ago100% it’s all in the emphasis. It’s subtle, but just different enough that you can tell if someone is from the area based on their pronunciation.
minus-squareinnermachine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoYea apperantly Worcester is pronounced “wis-tah”
But you forgot, we also have to mispronounce it then get mad if you don’t mispronounce it the right way.
-someone that was born in New berlin, not “new berLIN”, But “new BURlin”.
For a better example: Versailles, Kentucky. Guess how that one is pronounced.
Shit like that is embarrassing imo
I will go with ver-sales
Winner!
Oh God,I had an ex from Georgia that would hit me with these. Let’s go with “verse-ay-lees”.
Verse-ales
How about naming the town after a city in Austria, but still the Roman way? Not just once, not just twice, but
(EDIT: I’m having déja vu after the last time had I brought up the several dozen Springfields)
That’s just how Wien is spelled in English. We also pronounce it how it’s spelled in English. No different from calling Österreich Austria
Strong levi-o-sa energy.
100% it’s all in the emphasis. It’s subtle, but just different enough that you can tell if someone is from the area based on their pronunciation.
Yea apperantly Worcester is pronounced “wis-tah”