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minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·2 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-squareDicska@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 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-up1·24 hours 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-squareTheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoFor a better example: Versailles, Kentucky. Guess how that one is pronounced.
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoOh God,I had an ex from Georgia that would hit me with these. Let’s go with “verse-ay-lees”.
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 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-up2·2 days agoYea apperantly Worcester is pronounced “wis-tah”
minus-squaretitanicx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoIf you think of Worcestershire sauce it make sense.
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”.
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
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
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”
If you think of Worcestershire sauce it make sense.