Shave and a Haircut

Re:Shave and a Haircut by InitialLastName on Thursday February 29, 2024 @04:47PM (#39555625)

The pronunciation of Chili, NY is an immediate way to ID anyone from the Rochester area.

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Re:Shave and a Haircut by QuercusMax on Thursday February 29, 2024 @04:57PM (#39555737)

...of course it's pronounced "Chye-lie".

I can't talk, though, I come from Ohio where we have a city named "Versailles" that's pronounced "vur-SAYLES".

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Re:Shave and a Haircut by Fb24k on Thursday February 29, 2024 @09:05PM (#39557698)

Illinois also has a Ver-Say-Lees as well as a Kay-row (Cairo)

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Re:Shave and a Haircut by HKH2 on Friday March 01, 2024 @02:56AM (#39559616)

Americans love French. It's their nitch. It probably comes from reading so much Nitchski.

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Re:Shave and a Haircut by RattlesnakeJake on Friday March 01, 2024 @08:39AM (#39561631)

> ...that's pronounced "vur-SAYLES"

Indiana has one too. I found this out when my wife kept using that pronunciation while touring the namesake French palace on our honeymoon.

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Re:Shave and a Haircut by sgerenser on Thursday February 29, 2024 @09:20PM (#39557807)

Don’t forget Charlotte, NY (pronounced Shar-LOT).

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Re:Shave and a Haircut by mauvehaus on Thursday February 29, 2024 @10:21PM (#39558197)

Or Calais, VT is pronounced CAL-iss.

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