Do you "correct" locals' pronunciations of their own cities?

[unicorn]

10 hours ago, captainmick said:

Actually there are 18 rivers traversing Lodz totalling 123.9 km and it was very much a city on the water until it developed and the rivers were buried underground.  Gradually some of the rivers are being uncovered.  This link provides more info 

https://www.inyourpocket.com/lodz/Rivers-of-Lodz_70954f#google_v

 

[unicorn]

On 5/7/2025 at 7:18 PM, vinapu said:

because we don't want to.

many names  are firmly entrenched in history and culture and such force probably wouldn't pork. Do you really want be forced to call Germany Deutschland ? or Hungary Magyarorszag? Tell Slovaks to switch to Venezia from Benatky or Hungarians to start calling Pozsony Bratislava and you looking at dark blue around your eyes 

The Flemish/Dutch name for the French city of Lille is Rijsel. The Belgian city of Mons is called Bergen, and the city of Tournai is called Doornik. In Flanders, they'll at least put the French names in parentheses, but not the names of the Belgian cities in French-speaking areas.

 

The only place one will find city names in both languages in Belgium is in Brussels proper:

[unicorn]

At least some cities are easy to guess, such as Moeskroen for Mouscron (a town in French-speaking Belgium), and Parijs for Paris (France). 

[PeterRS]

CNN has obviously seen @unicorn's post! There is an article on the website today illustrating how to pronounce some British place names - including at the end the name of that that massively long Welsh village (although I still defy anyone actually to pronounce it anything like correctly!!)

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/commonly-mispronounced-british-place-names

[caeron]

 

I remember when I first moved to Portland Oregon many years ago, I pronounced the Willamette river as anybody who knows a bit of French would. A kind employee explained to me that it was the "Will-am-it" and rhymed with "damn it".

[unicorn]

13 hours ago, caeron said:

 

I remember when I first moved to Portland Oregon many years ago, I pronounced the Willamette river as anybody who knows a bit of French would. A kind employee explained to me that it was the "Will-am-it" and rhymed with "damn it".

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[Patanawet]

I'm forever telling Parisians how to correctly pronounce the name of their city.  They will just not learn.🤣

[vinapu]

11 hours ago, Patanawet said:

I'm forever telling Parisians how to correctly pronounce the name of their city.  They will just not learn.🤣

You are talking Paris , France or Paris,  Texas ? 

[Patanawet]

26 minutes ago, vinapu said:

You are talking Paris , France or Paris,  Texas ? 

 

The REAL one😛

[Keithambrose]

54 minutes ago, Patanawet said:

 

The REAL one😛

Ah, Paris, Bolivia.

[vinapu]

1 hour ago, Keithambrose said:

Ah, Paris, Bolivia.

there's also one in Ontario, Canada

[Keithambrose]

1 minute ago, vinapu said:

there's also one in Ontario, Canada

Nearly 50 around the world, it seems!