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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Americans didn't name these places. There were no Americans when these places were named

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

There's a small town in Missouri I visited named Versailles and its pronounced ver-sails.

[–] [email protected] 92 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Not around here. We named towns after terms from native tribes who were kicked out of the area.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago

The people that named those places were still European

Checkmate

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Wait until you learn a second language and start learning town names in a new country. Here we have such amazing town names like “The Eyebrow” and “Camp”.

(I just chose the silliest ones I know, there are normal town names too)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (4 children)

There's a city in Ukraine named, literally, "The Curved Horn" (Кривий Ріг)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (9 children)

But if it's a French place, they'll pronounce it wrong.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's no right way to pronounce french

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

How do you think we pronounce DeQuindre? Dee-kin-der. How about Livernois? Just add an e at the end and you'll figure it out. Too our credit we somehow pronounce Cadeiux correctly.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

New Penistone

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