Some of the many species Jeffrey Combs has evolved into:

  • @idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    45 hours ago

    I read most of my news, so it took about a month to realize the VP candidates last name was pronounced “Walls,” so you’re among company.

    I’m from Connecticut, which has a town called Berlin, pronounced BURR-lun (/‘bərlən/). That , like the pronunciation of many German-origin names, was changed during WWII, but it’s basically a shibboleth for locals now, like Houston Street.

    • Flying SquidOPM
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      35 hours ago

      I’m in Indiana and half of our place names are pronounced incorrectly.

      Ver-sayles (Versailles)
      Rooshaville (Russiaville)
      Pee-ru (Peru) Kay-roh (Cairo)

      And, of course, we’re the home of the University of Note’r Daym.