The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 3 months agoComing up with new names is hardlemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1606arrow-down117
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minus-squareJohnDClaylinkfedilinkarrow-up36arrow-down1·3 months agoBut if it’s a French place, they’ll pronounce it wrong.
minus-squarevariants@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 months agoThere’s no right way to pronounce french
minus-squareTheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoWulle wu kuschee awek mwa?
minus-squareBlackout@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoHow do you think we pronounce DeQuindre? Dee-kin-der. How about Livernois? Just add an e at the end and you’ll figure it out. Too our credit we somehow pronounce Cadeiux correctly.
minus-squareDerisionConsulting@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-23 months agoFortier pronounced “Forty-er” as in “my fort is more fort-like(fort-y) than your fort”.
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoOhio: Versailles (locally pronounced vur-sales)
minus-squarebaltakatei@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoUtah: Monticello (Italian, but locally pronounced “monta sell-oh”)
minus-squareTurtleTourParty@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoIndiana pronounces their Monticello the same way
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoSame in PA, but they get Duquesne right.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoThey pronounce it like its French but it turns out to be Spanish
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoI grew up near Calais, Barre, and Charlotte, and none of them are pronounced how you’d think.
But if it’s a French place, they’ll pronounce it wrong.
There’s no right way to pronounce french
Wulle wu kuschee awek mwa?
How do you think we pronounce DeQuindre? Dee-kin-der. How about Livernois? Just add an e at the end and you’ll figure it out. Too our credit we somehow pronounce Cadeiux correctly.
Fortier pronounced “Forty-er” as in “my fort is more fort-like(fort-y) than your fort”.
Ohio: Versailles (locally pronounced vur-sales)
Utah: Monticello (Italian, but locally pronounced “monta sell-oh”)
Indiana pronounces their Monticello the same way
Same in PA, but they get Duquesne right.
They pronounce it like its French but it turns out to be Spanish
I grew up near Calais, Barre, and Charlotte, and none of them are pronounced how you’d think.