FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 hours agoGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up138
arrow-up138message-squareGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoJust wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoIt’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
minus-squarembirth@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours ago Kemie and Kina I threw up a little…
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·36 minutes 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.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours 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…
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.
Eh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.