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Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity by msla on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:03PM (#36925726)
> Los Ángeles

Why the accent? Is it not the one in California?

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Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity by thenewwazoo on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:40PM (#36926011)
Almost certainly autocorrect. Bilingual devices sometimes forget (or mistake) the language you’re typing in. I’m typing this on a Spanish keyboard, for example.
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Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity by tvaughan on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @12:49PM (#36958624)
This is the answer
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Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity by TacticalCoder on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:39PM (#36926000)
That's the spanish spelling of the city's name.
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Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity by downWidOutaFite on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:40PM (#36926023)
Reminds me of the runin I had with someone from San Rafael north of SF. They corrected me when I pronounced it as the spanish name it is. Apparently it's officially pronounced ra-fell, and they're adamant about it.
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Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity by systems_glitch on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:24PM (#36926348)
Our town is Buena Vista, the first word is pronounced "Bew-nuh" -- and it's not strictly local, horse saddles were produced here in the early 1900s until I guess sometime before WW2, and old-timers who worked horses in the surrounding states know the local pronunciation!

The conflict aversion way to pronounce it is "BV" :P

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Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity by panzagl on Saturday July 29, 2023 @11:42PM (#36927605)
It's pronounced 'Bew-nuh' in both Virginia and Colorado.
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Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity by DANmode on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:16PM (#36926682)
It's just a mistake they made due to their keyboard localization settings.

Finish the comment to confirm ;]

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