The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agoComing up with new names is hardlemmy.worldimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1383arrow-down19
arrow-up1374arrow-down1imageComing up with new names is hardlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·5 months agoBut if it’s a French place, they’ll pronounce it wrong.
minus-squareDerisionConsulting@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-25 months agoFortier pronounced “Forty-er” as in “my fort is more fort-like(fort-y) than your fort”.
minus-squareBlackout@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoHow 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.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoThey pronounce it like its French but it turns out to be Spanish
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI grew up near Calais, Barre, and Charlotte, and none of them are pronounced how you’d think.
But if it’s a French place, they’ll pronounce it wrong.
Fortier pronounced “Forty-er” as in “my fort is more fort-like(fort-y) than your fort”.
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.
They pronounce it like its French but it turns out to be Spanish
I grew up near Calais, Barre, and Charlotte, and none of them are pronounced how you’d think.