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If the sausage Bologna is pronounced "Balloney" in english, how is the city of Bologna pronounced? (feddit.de)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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Side note: It's also called Parizer in reference to Paris, the city that is neither Bologna, nor Lyon, another french city which would be the actual origin of the sausage.

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[–] JoeClu 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

En English (US): bah•low•nee

In Italian: Bo•low•nya

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

I don't think Americans really say bah•low•nee when refering to the city

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If you know Spanish: gn is, mostly, pronounced as ñ

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Intensely Human: ba-log-na

[–] JoeClu 1 points 1 year ago

That's how I pronounce it, just to be weird. I also say ja-lap-oh-no and kay-so-dilla.