@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 3 months agoGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?message-square26fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down16
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months agoJust wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months agoEh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months agoIt’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 months agoBut Chemie comes from Chemnitz (obviously) so it must be pronounced with K Don’t know where China comes from, maybe from Chinese which is obviously pronounced with K.
Just wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
Eh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
It’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
I threw up a little…
But Chemie comes from Chemnitz (obviously) so it must be pronounced with K
Don’t know where China comes from, maybe from Chinese which is obviously pronounced with K.