FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down15
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squaresuperkretlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoJust wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoEh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIt’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
minus-squarembirth@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months ago Kemie and Kina I threw up a little…
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoBut Chemie comes from Chemnitz (obviously) so it must be pronounced with K Don’t know where China comes from, maybe from Chinese which is obviously pronounced with K.
Just wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
Eh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
It’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
I threw up a little…
But Chemie comes from Chemnitz (obviously) so it must be pronounced with K
Don’t know where China comes from, maybe from Chinese which is obviously pronounced with K.