The Picard ManeuverM to memes · 21 days agoNew names are hard, ok?imagemessage-square170linkfedilinkarrow-up1884arrow-down111
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minus-squarethedirtyknapkincakelinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·21 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-squareDicskalinkfedilinkarrow-up6·21 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-squarecaptainlezbianlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days 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-squarethedirtyknapkincakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 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-squareTheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 days agoFor a better example: Versailles, Kentucky. Guess how that one is pronounced.
minus-squarethedirtyknapkincakelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 days 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-up2·20 days agoShit like that is embarrassing imo
minus-squareinnermachinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 days agoYea apperantly Worcester is pronounced “wis-tah”
minus-squaretitanicx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 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
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 it make sense.