Shymidwestgirl
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Please don’t ask how I pronounced Escanaba for most of my childhood… and occasionally I still revert to the original way I pronounced it. It’s a huge joke amongst my cousinsI just watched a Youtube video about my city from a national channel that focuses on geography and urban planning. It was interesting, though I could have done without some of the apocalyptic and hyberbolic language. Yay, algorith.
But some of the pronounciations for place names had me absolutely cringing. Sweet lord. If you're going to make a video, maybe contact a local so you don't sound like a complete doofus, m'kay?
If I hear you say Menomonee Valley and I want to cry because it takes me 25 seconds to figure out where the hell you mean, even with context clues (and I freakin' live there!) something isn't working.