• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    We have “verSAILS” in Indiana too. Also:

    Peru - Pee-roo

    Russiaville - Roosha-vil

    Lebanon - Leb’nun

    My favorite though is that there are two spellings for the Wabash river: Wabash and Ouabache. And despite being in a town that is on the Wabash River, the local Oabache Elementary School is pronounced: Wah-bat-shee.

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      2 months ago

      Right down the road from Versailles is the town I grew up in and the movie Hoosiers is based off of. Milan (pronounced my - lan)

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      2 months ago

      The pronunciation of Lebanon you called out may sound like it came from a hayseed, but it’s closer to the way people in the country of Lebanon pronounce it than the mainstream American pronunciation.