Comment on Coming up with new names is hard

Default_Defect@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cairo in Illinois, pronounced KAY-row.

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  • AVincentInSpace@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    xkcd - No, The Other One

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    • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Q: Where is Santa Fe? Glaswegian: The North Pole

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• dan@upvote.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s a Brisbane in California, pronounced like “Briz-bain” (the Aussie pronunciation is more like “Briz-bn”)

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• OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Around Rochester NY theres a Chili but they pronounce it Chai-lie.

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