Side note: It’s also called Parizer in reference to Paris, the city that is neither Bologna, nor Lyon, another french city which would be the actual origin of the sausage.

  • lloptyr
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    11 year ago

    Oh absolutely its pronounced baloney, I’ve just never seen it spelled that way (except as mentioned). I also don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say the name of the city (had to stop and think about how weird that is), but I assumed it was pronounced bolonya.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Baloney is a valid spelling though. And, yes, I think I’d look at someone very strangely who pronounced the city this way. And generally, your instincts turn out to be correct in these things. I highly doubt that the proper pronunciation of the city is “boloney”.