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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink35•3 months agoBut if it’s a French place, they’ll pronounce it wrong.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish27•3 months agoThere’s no right way to pronounce french
minus-squareBlackoutlinkfedilink9•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-23 months agoFortier pronounced “Forty-er” as in “my fort is more fort-like(fort-y) than your fort”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoOhio: Versailles (locally pronounced vur-sales)
minus-squarebaltakateilinkfedilink2•3 months agoUtah: Monticello (Italian, but locally pronounced “monta sell-oh”)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoIndiana pronounces their Monticello the same way
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoThey pronounce it like its French but it turns out to be Spanish
minus-square@GraniteMlink3•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
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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.