[LMB] OT: hearing spelling

[Azalais Aranxta]

On Wed, 4 Jul 2007, queenortart wrote:

> In our family we have always pronounced Trafalgar as Tra-fell-gar, Choux
> pastry became shucks pastry, and because I discuss place names all day with
> people who don't come from those places we misprounce lots of place names at
> the office.

In Kentucky, there's a suburb of Lexington called "VerSALES" and
spelled "Versailles."

When I saw it written and pronounced it in the French way people
just stared at me, so I learned to say "VerSALES".

However, I'd moved to Kentucky to study history in graduate
school, and as a TA, I was mortified when I found myself talking
about Louis XIV and the court at "VerSALES" in a classroom.

~malfoy :)

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