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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The real test is Montreal.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Louisville, KY is neither of the pronunciations you're thinking.

[–] colforge@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Also occasionally sounded like Lull-vull.

[–] wfh@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As a Craig Ferguson enthusiast, I know for a fact It's pronounced "Wrvrl"

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As an Ohioan I got really confused until I realized louville wasn’t one of the ways I was supposed to be thinking…

Meh better than Versailles Kentucky (pronounced like it’s an English word)

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Your mean joe-jah-geh ?

As long as anglophone Canadians say Montree-all, I'll take that as the correct pronounciation lol

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] solrize@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All I know about Toronto is that its residents are called Torontulas. That by itself makes me want to move there.