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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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