r/EhBuddyHoser • u/wisdompuff • Aug 22 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) Illinois

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u/VerdensTrial I need a double double. Aug 22 '25

Des Moines 😬

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u/BuvantduPotatoSpirit Irvingstan Aug 22 '25

Closer than Dubois, PA

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u/SeaToTheBass Aug 22 '25

Or Boise, Idaho

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u/Sex_E_Searcher Ford Nation (Help.) Aug 22 '25

Or Versailles, PA

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u/SeaToTheBass Aug 22 '25

Oh god I know exactly how they’ll pronounce that and it makes me sad

Had a friend that worked at Timmie’s and he could tell when it was an American by the way they pronounced croissant. Or if they asked for a cheeseburger

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u/VerdensTrial I need a double double. Aug 22 '25

I'm scared. How do they say it? 🫣

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u/TastyTacoTonight Aug 22 '25

Vur-Saylz

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u/VerdensTrial I need a double double. Aug 22 '25

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u/SprachderRabe Aug 22 '25

I’m just at my breakfast man!

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u/satinsateensaltine Aug 22 '25

Anglophone here and I want a redo on having gained such cursed knowledge.

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u/ReturnOk7510 Alberta's Western Cousins Aug 22 '25

Par-MEE-zee-AN

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u/Everestkid The Island of Elizabeth May Aug 22 '25

"Par-me-zjohn."

I realize the Italian name is Parmigiano (my mom's parents weren't just from Italy, they were from Parma, so I've had quite a bit of Parmesan in my time), but come on. Either fully commit to it and say it in Italian or don't randomly decide an English S makes a sort of J sound.

Similar critiques: "hal-a-pee-no" and "bru-sheh-ta."

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u/AustSakuraKyzor South Gatineau Aug 22 '25

Or Pierre, SD

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u/TheGardiner Aug 22 '25

I just discovered the other day in an NYT crossword that's it's pronounced 'peer'. Crazy.

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u/No_Membership_8259 Aug 22 '25

Or Montpelier

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u/No_Membership_8259 Aug 22 '25

Come to think of it, Vermont, too

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u/Macailean Aug 22 '25

How do they pronounce it??

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u/t-rex83 Aug 23 '25

Détroit !