@FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months agoGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?message-square27fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down15
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareGerman-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'?@FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-square@superkret@feddit.orglinkfedilink3•6 months agoJust wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
minus-square@xmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•6 months agoEh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
minus-square@yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink2•6 months agoIt’s obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
minus-square@yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink1•6 months 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.
Just wait till you hear how we pronounce “Chicago”.
Eh, as a Bostonian I’m always much more impressed by how people’s tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
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.