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[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's that and pronouncing the S in Illinois when it's silent.

I once had a friend in college correctly identify that it's called the Windy City due to politics and everyone else in the immediate vicinity jumped to confidently tell her it actually because of the weather: *sigh*.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A better test would be to have them pronounce St. Louis. Eurpoeams tend to pronounce it the French way unless instructed otherwisr

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's Saint Louis as in the name isn't it

How do Americans pronounce it, Sent Lewis?

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I... Are you being deliberately obtuse?

We don't say the "St." part different. Americans know it's pronounced Lewis, which Europeans try to pronounce it like the French monarchs

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

It is as in the name (which is pronounced as "Lewis", for us).

So "Saynt Lewis".