Brand@feddit.de to Greentext@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agoAnon learns about foreign languagesfeddit.deimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1502arrow-down123
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minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoAmericans who pronounce ‘Dubois’ as DEW-boyse and DU-bwah depending on personal preference.
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoWe just do that. Miami, FL is pronounced differently than Miami, OK.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 months agoTIL. Sure we could find other examples. edit = Someone elese did ‘Arkansas’ and ‘Kansas.’
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoSometimes they’re just named after different guys. Like Houston Street versus Houston, Texas. See also Luis, Luise, and Louise.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoLouisville and St. Louis were named after the same guy. Pronounced differently. Lew-ie-ville and Saint Lou-iss
Americans who pronounce ‘Dubois’ as DEW-boyse and DU-bwah depending on personal preference.
We just do that. Miami, FL is pronounced differently than Miami, OK.
TIL.
Sure we could find other examples.
edit = Someone elese did ‘Arkansas’ and ‘Kansas.’
Sometimes they’re just named after different guys. Like Houston Street versus Houston, Texas.
See also Luis, Luise, and Louise.
Louisville and St. Louis were named after the same guy. Pronounced differently. Lew-ie-ville and Saint Lou-iss