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Old 10-04-2017, 09:04 AM   #6941 (permalink)
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I know it's not the biggest issue about this awful shooting incident, but has anyone else noticed how many people on tv are mispronouncing Las Vegas, "Los Vegas" as if it were a sister city to Los Angeles ? Surprisingly, Trump is one of a minority pronouncing "Las" correctly.
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Old 10-04-2017, 09:11 AM   #6942 (permalink)
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I have only ever heard it pronounced like "loss" for both, with a few exceptions for Los Angeles being pronounced like "lose".
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Old 10-04-2017, 09:37 AM   #6943 (permalink)
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I know it's not the biggest issue about this awful shooting incident, but has anyone else noticed how many people on tv are mispronouncing Las Vegas, "Los Vegas" as if it were a sister city to Los Angeles ? Surprisingly, Trump is one of a minority pronouncing "Las" correctly.
It may not be the correct Spanish pronounciation, but it is by and large how the name is pronounced in the US.
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Old 10-04-2017, 09:40 AM   #6944 (permalink)
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Keep a wary eye out for "three blacks vans" parked next to each other.

I guess there's no cause for alarm if you see three whites vans parked next to each other, though.
and people say white privilege doesn't exist
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Old 10-04-2017, 10:48 AM   #6945 (permalink)
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Back in the early 1900s LA was pronounced Loss Anjaleez.



Lal Vegas is getting off easy.
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Keep a wary eye out for "three blacks vans" parked next to each other.

I guess there's no cause for alarm if you see three whites vans parked next to each other, though.
If three black vans were terrorists then Kanye would probably be public enemy #1.
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Old 10-04-2017, 11:25 AM   #6947 (permalink)
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Thanks for telling me about that pronunciation.

Coming from a country that invariably pronounces Worcestershire as "Woostah", I'm not in a position to criticise.
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Thanks for telling me about that pronunciation.

Coming from a country that invariably pronounces Worcestershire as "Woostah", I'm not in a position to criticise.
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Coming from a country that invariably pronounces Worcestershire as "Woostah".
I come from a country (Massachusetts) that pronounces the city or Worchester the exact same way!!
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