Barcelona

[uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca]

Bangkok is also the first one that came to mind, bit as other have said the full name is not used locally, either.

[merc@sh.itjust.works]

Who's speaking which local language?

[merc@sh.itjust.works]

Saying people should say things a specific way is prescriptivist

Yes, and saying people should say things so that other people understand them isn't. I'm saying people should say thing so that other people understand them.

[chairmanmeow@programming.dev]

It's a bit iffy. Byzantium originally was located a bit further west. After Constantinople was "refounded", it was located a bit further east. Some historians consider Constantinople to be a new city that usurped Byzantium over the years, others don't and consider it the same city altogether.

This is complicated by some sources referring to the place as one and the same, whereas others seem to be indicating distinct (albeit close) locations.

Ultimately it doesn't really matter though. It didn't take long for Constantinople to grow beyond where Byzantium used to be, so the time period where they could've been distinct is really quite small.

[madjo@feddit.nl]

Ith hith name Igor?

[crayonrosary@lemmy.world]

Funny video about pronouncing individual words in an accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKGoVefhtMQ

[smeg@feddit.uk]

Interesting, thanks!

[rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee]

I'm here to sneak into the vault and steal the Diamond Tiara of Diana. Wanna help me?

[conditional_soup@lemm.ee]

I learned Spanish in Honduras. Never heard anyone ever use the Spanish lisp.

[sik0fewl@lemmy.ca]

The Spanish king with a lisp is a flk etymology.

If it were true, then 's' would also be pronounced that way.

[letsgo@lemm.ee]

Yeth marthter.

[stalinwolf@lemmy.ca]

I had a (white American) friend who insisted on pronouncing every Japanese word he got to in a sentence with the proper heavy Japanese accent/pronunciation, and he sounded like a fucking idiot. It's a strange phenomenon.

[dankofamerica@reddthat.com]

What's the name of someone speaking a foreign language?

[merc@sh.itjust.works]

What is the colour of wind?

[cethin@lemmy.zip]

Yeah, it's weird. Sometimes people think it's pretentious and sometimes people think you're an idiot, whether you do it correctly or not. Like all rules with the English language, it's a case-by-case issue. If anyone tells you a rule to remember it, it's likely wrong more often than it's correct.

[madjo@feddit.nl]

That'th great newth!

[bluewing@lemm.ee]

Nah, I'm good. Diamonds don't look good on me. Emeralds and rubies on the other hand look positively smashing on me.....

[therealkuni@lemmy.world]

Well of course not. It’s a feature of the Castellano accent in Spain.

[captainlezbian@lemmy.world]

And sometimes not doing it is. Versailles? Frenchify it unless you're talking abouta small town in Kentucky. Paris? Pronounce it the same whether it's the one in France or in Texas. Milan? Honestly no clue and I live here (America, not italy)