Some of the many species Jeffrey Combs has evolved into:

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
    3·
    12 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.

    • stringere@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      3 hours ago

      Saint Louis would like some words:

      Bellefontaine (BELL-fountain)

      Cabanne (CAB-a-knee)

      Chouteau (SHOW-toe)

      Carondelet (kron-duh-let)

      Cote Brilliante (coat BRILL-yunt)

      DeTonty (duh-TON-tee)

      Dougherty Ferry (DOOR-uh-tee ferry)

      DeBaliviere (duh-BALL-uh-ver)

      Goethe (GO-thee)

      Gravois (GRAV-oy)

      Gratiot (GRASH-it)

      Hodiamont (HOAD-uh-mont)

      Juniata (june-ee-AH-tuh)

      Kossuth (KOSS-ooth)

      Laclede (lah-CLEED)

      Spoede (SPAY-dee)

      Tesson Ferry (TESS-on ferry)

      Zumbehl (ZUM-bull)

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
        1·
        3 hours ago

        Sounds like L.A., where they like to mispronounce every Spanish name and half the names are in Spanish.

        Like Lows Feel-iz (Los Feliz)