FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoJust wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
minus-squarembirth@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago Kemie and Kina I threw up a little…
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoEh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
Just wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
It’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
I threw up a little…
Eh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.