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minus-square@JohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink36•9 months agoBut if it’s a French place, they’ll pronounce it wrong.
minus-square@variants@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkEnglish27•9 months agoThere’s no right way to pronounce french
minus-squareBlackoutlinkfedilink9•9 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-square@DerisionConsulting@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-29 months agoFortier pronounced “Forty-er” as in “my fort is more fort-like(fort-y) than your fort”.
minus-square@Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoOhio: Versailles (locally pronounced vur-sales)
minus-squarebaltakateilinkfedilink2•9 months agoUtah: Monticello (Italian, but locally pronounced “monta sell-oh”)
minus-square@TurtleTourParty@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoIndiana pronounces their Monticello the same way
minus-square@Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•9 months agoSame in PA, but they get Duquesne right.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoThey pronounce it like its French but it turns out to be Spanish
minus-square@GraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•9 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.