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US pronunciation is (from the point of view of a western european) very very wild sometimes. If you ask anyone who lives closer to Paris than America how to pro
by eigenket 3y ago
US pronunciation is (from the point of view of a western european) very very wild sometimes. If you ask anyone who lives closer to Paris than America how to pronounce the university of Notre Dame you're going to get a very different answer to someone who's an alumnus (something like Nodur Dayme?).
- julian_t 3y agoYep... Calais (ME) and Bryn Mawr (PA) come to mind.
- kjellsbells 3y agoNew Orleans. Nor-luns (locals) Nyoo Or-lee-uns (british) Noo Or-leh-onz (confused french people) Its confusing.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoFrench people say La Nouvelle Orleans as it is supposed to be ;)
- sorokod 3y agoWhat would a native French speaker make of DuPage county? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois
- eigenket 3y agoThe name of the whole of Illinois is an American-English mispronunciation of a French mispronunciation of a Native American word which is/was something like irenwe·wa.
- dctoedt 3y agoI think they'd also say laissez rouler les bon temps (let roll the good times) as proper French grammar.
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- macintux 3y agoVersaylz, Indiana.