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When travelling, a great faux-pas to avoid if you want to get in good with the locals is mispronouncing the name of the place you’re in. Luckily, this collection of images from Thrillophilia will take some of the most commonly mispronounced place names and show us how we SHOULD have been saying them.
Most of the difficulties, of course, arise from the adaptation of a name from one language to another. Most of us will probably never be able to pronounce “Beijing” (or even “Paris”) exactly the way that a native speaker might, but it’s always nice to try. Locals will appreciate it and may go out of their way to help you more if they see that you’ve made an effort.
(h/t: thrillophilia, demilked)
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GabrielLadouceur 10 years ago
I was wondering if Montréal would be there. Oh yes it is! Wait... They've got it wrong... It's a french word: MON(«silent N») - RÉ - AL
PatrickBenoît 10 years ago
You can always recognize an American visitor by the way they pronounce the name of our city... they usually say "MAWN-tree-all"... LOL
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rustyspoon 10 years ago
I lost my interest when I've seen my country's capital city "pronounced" wrong on the "correct" side.
ShannonO'Meara 10 years ago
Which one? So I don't go around saying it incorrectly ☺
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NourEl-Zirذاغرافيست 10 years ago
Qatar iraq and dubai is wrong at least cz i'm lebanese and that's not how we pronounce it
girlwithafacee 10 years ago
Er... no, they're pronounced right according to Arabic, especially pure Khaleeji. Lebanon has a mixed accent (French/English/Arabic).
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StephanLombard 10 years ago
I know it's not a city, but the country Chile being pronounced 'Chilly' instead of 'Cheel-Eh'... Man
Lalit Nagar 7 years ago
Really your are saying truth. I also want to Travel Helena, USA. I will definately plan to visit here. Nice list. If you come to India you can visit 6 Best Places to Visit Near Indore Within 200 km Thank You
Chloe Anderson 8 years ago
a lot of these "right" pronunciations are just how the name is pronounced in the native language so i dont think that it means that the pronunciation on the "wrong" side is wrong, its just how its pronounced in English... for example, Beijing is pronounced BAY-jing in Chinese, but its bay-ZHING in English and i think a lot of ppl in native countries are aware of that now. pronouncing Paris as PARE-iss isnt wrong thats just how its pronounced in English, even though the natives would pronounce it pare-EE. though i suppose it doesnt hurt to learn to pronounce it in the native language, i wouldnt necessarily say its wrong.
GabrielLadouceur 10 years ago
I was wondering if Montréal would be there. Oh yes it is! Wait... They've got it wrong... It's a french word: MON(«silent N») - RÉ - AL
PatrickBenoît 10 years ago
You can always recognize an American visitor by the way they pronounce the name of our city... they usually say "MAWN-tree-all"... LOL
Load More Replies... rustyspoon 10 years ago
I lost my interest when I've seen my country's capital city "pronounced" wrong on the "correct" side.
ShannonO'Meara 10 years ago
Which one? So I don't go around saying it incorrectly ☺
Load More Replies... NourEl-Zirذاغرافيست 10 years ago
Qatar iraq and dubai is wrong at least cz i'm lebanese and that's not how we pronounce it
girlwithafacee 10 years ago
Er... no, they're pronounced right according to Arabic, especially pure Khaleeji. Lebanon has a mixed accent (French/English/Arabic).
Load More Replies... StephanLombard 10 years ago
I know it's not a city, but the country Chile being pronounced 'Chilly' instead of 'Cheel-Eh'... Man
Lalit Nagar 7 years ago
Really your are saying truth. I also want to Travel Helena, USA. I will definately plan to visit here. Nice list. If you come to India you can visit 6 Best Places to Visit Near Indore Within 200 km Thank You
Chloe Anderson 8 years ago
a lot of these "right" pronunciations are just how the name is pronounced in the native language so i dont think that it means that the pronunciation on the "wrong" side is wrong, its just how its pronounced in English... for example, Beijing is pronounced BAY-jing in Chinese, but its bay-ZHING in English and i think a lot of ppl in native countries are aware of that now. pronouncing Paris as PARE-iss isnt wrong thats just how its pronounced in English, even though the natives would pronounce it pare-EE. though i suppose it doesnt hurt to learn to pronounce it in the native language, i wouldnt necessarily say its wrong.
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