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To: USMC79to83

This is fun! We could probably turn this into an epic slide! “How we Americanized foreign language names!”

Wheeee!!!

(slides down the... um... slide)

Iowans who live in Madrid ("MAD-rid") and Tama ("TAY-muh") will look askance at those who pronounce them differently.

Maquoketa and Quasqueton residents are more forgiving of mispronunciations.

851 posted on 03/09/2019 1:18:12 PM PST by niteowl77 ("I am equally hostile to unbridled power whether exercised by the head or tail of society." - MD)

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To: niteowl77

Oktermocktee
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884 posted on 03/09/2019 2:20:03 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)

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Previously posted on this thread Zach Haller article was a breath of fresh air.

Don’t know the reach or demographics of Medium but that article could sway nonQwokes.

1,081 posted on 03/09/2019 5:46:46 PM PST by TheTexasMom (Q is my homie)

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