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In the USA it is a national sport to trample on French origin words.. look at the Motor City "Detroit" !
by mistrial9 3y ago
In the USA it is a national sport to trample on French origin words.. look at the Motor City "Detroit" !
- lebuffon 3y ago"Foyer" is the classic example.
- noneeeed 3y ago"Niche" is the one that bugs me every time I hear someone pronounce it to rhyme with "itch". For some irrational reason that just irritates :)
- vinay427 3y agoI don’t think most people including those from the area would even associate the name with French, so there isn’t the same intentionality. It’s the same with indigenous language-origin or Spanish-origin place names in the US/Canada, our place names in general that are often centuries old and conceptually separate from their origins, and feels quite distinct from intentionally trying to emulate a foreign language pronunciation for one language but butchering words in another language (not that that’s unique to the UK).
- el-salvador 3y agoI didn't know Detroit had French Origin. Spanish slang from the 90s in my country imported Detroit and Spanish-ized the pronunciation as ditroy. Since it has the same consonants as detrás, Spanish for behind, it can be used a a synonym for behind and also as an euphemism for the behind part of the body.
- mahkeiro 3y agoYes but for an unknown reason Des Moines was not completely butchered