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24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Larrylarex(m): 11:19pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
I stumbled across this, and I decided to share it with you guys, enjoy! 1. Melbourne, Austrailia Mel-BORN (Wrong) Melb'n (Right) 2. Bangkok, Thailand BANG-kok (Wrong) Bahng-Gawk (Right) 3. Beijing, China Bay-zhhhing (Wrong) Bey-Jing (Right) 4. Colombia Co-LUM-bee-a (Wrong) Co-LOHM-bee-a (Right) 5. Lafayette, USA Lah-FEY-et (Wrong) Laff-EE-yet (Right) 6. Iraq EYE-rack (Wrong) ee-ROCK (Right) 7. Dubai, UAE Doo-BYE (Wrong) Du-BAY (Right) 8. Brisbane, Australia Bris-BAYNE (Wrong) Bris'bn (Right) 9. Helena, USA Hel-AY-na (Wrong) HELL-en-a (Right) 10. Reykjavik, Iceland RAKE-ja-vik (Wrong) REY-kya-vik (Right) 11. Niger NYE-jer (Wrong) nee-ZHAIR (Right) 12. The River Thames, UK THAYms (Wrong) TEMs (Right) 13. Phuket, Thailand Foo-kit/ Fuh-ket (Wrong) Poo-get (Right) 14. Worcestershire, UK Woe-chester-shyr (Wrong) Wusta-sheer (Right) 15. Qatar Kah-TAR (Wrong) Kuh-Ter (Right) 16. Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem Vee-ya-DEL-A-Ro-sa (Wrong) Vee-ya-DOLL-o-Ro-sa (Right) 17. Versailles, France Ver-SAYLZ (Wrong) Ver-SYE (Right) 18. Yosemite, USA Yo-SE-mi-nee/ Yo-se-MIGHT (Wrong) Yoh-seh-mi-tee (Right) 19. Montreal, Canada MON-tree-ALL (Wrong) MUN-tree-all (Right) 20. La Jolla, USA La-JOL-LA (Wrong) La-HOY-a (Right) 21. Pakistan PAK-huh-Stan/ PAK-ee-Stan (Wrong) PAH-kee-Stahn (Right) 22. Kissimmee, USA KISS-a-mee (Wrong) Ka-SIM-mee (Right) 23.Worcester, UK WOR-ches-ter/ WOR-sess-ter (Wrong) WOOS-ter (Right) 24. Budapest, Hungary Boo-da-PEST (Wrong) Boo-da-PESHT (Right) Source:http://www.omgfacts.com/lists/18008/You-Probably-Never-Knew-How-Silly-You-Sounded-While-Trying-To-Say-The-Names-Of-These-Cities 4 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Nobody: 11:39pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
Its #GEJ pronounciations |
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Vision4God: 11:46pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
Hmmmm |
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Nobody: 11:52pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
Ok |
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by ItsAnderson: 12:00am On Feb 27, 2015 |
Nice You deserve it... |
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Larrylarex(m): 12:24am On Feb 27, 2015 |
ItsAnderson:LOL, deserve what? |
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Bifwoli: 1:53am On Feb 27, 2015 |
GMB would definitely pronounce all of them wrong. Bou-Ha-Ree...will lose. |
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Funjosh(m): 2:33am On Feb 27, 2015 |
Ibadan = E bar dan |
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by Nobody: 4:42am On Feb 27, 2015 |
Ibiza (I BI ZAH-wrong) Ibiza (Ibitha -right) |
Re: 24 Names Of Cities/Places You Probably Pronounce Wrong by jammyunn(m): 7:44am On Feb 27, 2015 |
They are not actually wrong but it's a variation in tongue. Most of the names aren't native English names and probably do not have an equivalent in English language, so English speakers tend to use a closer or easier one. Example is the "a" in France which is pronounced as short "a" in English but in french it is pronounced as long "a", i.e. "la france". I for sure know that Iraq is not pronounced as you started. |
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