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Re:British Placename Mapper by eigenket on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @05:57AM (#39988883)
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?).
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Re:British Placename Mapper by julian_t on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @06:22AM (#39989056)
Yep... Calais (ME) and Bryn Mawr (PA) come to mind.
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Re:British Placename Mapper by kjellsbells on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @09:37AM (#39990593)
New Orleans.

Nor-luns (locals)

Nyoo Or-lee-uns (british)

Noo Or-leh-onz (confused french people)

Its confusing.

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Re:British Placename Mapper by mytailorisrich on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @10:45AM (#39991280)
French people say La Nouvelle Orleans as it is supposed to be ;)
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Re:British Placename Mapper by dctoedt on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @12:51PM (#39992858)
I think they'd also say laissez rouler les bon temps (let roll the good times) as proper French grammar.
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Re:British Placename Mapper by sorokod on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @11:36AM (#39991923)
What would a native French speaker make of DuPage county?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois

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Re:British Placename Mapper by eigenket on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @11:45AM (#39992005)
The 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.
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Re:British Placename Mapper by macintux on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @11:59AM (#39992204)
Versaylz, Indiana.
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