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Sorry, Deutsch people (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[–] lunarul 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Or English speakers calling München Munich.

[–] norimee 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But you must admit, that for English speaker not only the Ü , but also the CH are really big challenges. I feel like they done their best with Munich here.

But anyways, I would be in favor of changing it for the original upper bavarian "MINGA"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The first record mentioning Munic says that it’s called “forum apud Munichen” (1158). So “Munich” is just a case where an old world survived the centuries in exile, while the people living nearby changed it around.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchen#Etymologie

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Both have the same ‚distance‘ to Munichen albeit changing differently. The English pronunciation is an abomination though. Moon-Jen would be preferable from my POV.

[–] samus12345 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The closest you can comfortably pronounce it in English would be something like Moonkin, so Munich is probably for the best.

[–] Noodle07 1 points 1 month ago

Boomken

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

Cöln -> Cologne

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

There's a few in that region.

Aix-la-Chapelle -> Aachen Liège -> Luik -> Lüttich Gand -> Ghent or Gent?