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Sometimes I enjoy pronouncing Detroit in the original French (well, as close as I can get!). It makes it sound so foreign and classy. ;-)
http://www.forvo.com/search/Detroit/fr/
"Do you know how a man makes his way here? By brilliance of genius or the cunning use of corruption.
You must cut a path through this mess of men like a cannon-ball, or creep among them like a pestilence."
Balzac
http://www.forvo.com/search/Detroit/fr/
You must cut a path through this mess of men like a cannon-ball, or creep among them like a pestilence."
Balzac
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I think a lot of people do that for fun. :)
There's a small town near me called Eau Claire. I know the big one in Wisconsin is pronounced "properly," but the one here people don't say correctly. Drives me crazy! Heck, even the name of the town I live in could be said more French-ed, but it's not. I suppose it's technically a Dutch name, so guess that's why.
I think a lot of people do that for fun. :)
There's a small town near me called Eau Claire. I know the big one in Wisconsin is pronounced "properly," but the one here people don't say correctly. Drives me crazy! Heck, even the name of the town I live in could be said more French-ed, but it's not. I suppose it's technically a Dutch name, so guess that's why.
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I love Michigan place names. My address gives people trouble sometimes if they're from elsewhere, because I guess not everyone knows Ypsilanti or Washtenaw county. :-P
One of my favorite pieces of Michigan name trivia is that a lot of our cities and counties have names that were creates to seem Native American in origin but are really completely meaningless.
One of my favorite pieces of Michigan name trivia is that a lot of our cities and counties have names that were creates to seem Native American in origin but are really completely meaningless.
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This amused me.
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Detroit is foreign... nice to class it up though.
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