The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoNew names are hard, ok?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square170linkfedilinkarrow-up1886arrow-down111
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minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month 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-up6·1 month 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 month 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-up2·1 month 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-squareTheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoFor a better example: Versailles, Kentucky. Guess how that one is pronounced.
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoOh God,I had an ex from Georgia that would hit me with these. Let’s go with “verse-ay-lees”.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoShit like that is embarrassing imo
minus-squareinnermachine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoYea apperantly Worcester is pronounced “wis-tah”
minus-squaretitanicx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoIf you think of Worcestershire sauce or 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
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.
For a better example: Versailles, Kentucky. Guess how that one is pronounced.
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
Shit like that is embarrassing imo
Yea apperantly Worcester is pronounced “wis-tah”
If you think of Worcestershire sauce or make sense.