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[–] solrize 14 points 5 months ago (4 children)

The real test is Montreal.

[–] ivanafterall 16 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Louisville, KY is neither of the pronunciations you're thinking.

[–] colforge 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] ivanafterall 10 points 5 months ago

Also occasionally sounded like Lull-vull.

[–] thesporkeffect 5 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

As a Craig Ferguson enthusiast, I know for a fact It's pronounced "Wrvrl"

[–] captainlezbian 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

As an Ohioan I got really confused until I realized louville wasn’t one of the ways I was supposed to be thinking…

Meh better than Versailles Kentucky (pronounced like it’s an English word)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Your mean joe-jah-geh ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

As long as anglophone Canadians say Montree-all, I'll take that as the correct pronounciation lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] solrize 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

All I know about Toronto is that its residents are called Torontulas. That by itself makes me want to move there.