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Fontainebleau State Park spelling / pronunciation - why do so many get it wrong?
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:05 pm
Why do people, locals included, spell and pronounce Fontainebleau as "Fountainbleau" like a water "fountain?" It was named after a forest in France, and the "Font" in the name should be pronounced as "Font."
This post was edited on 1/28/17 at 7:06 pm
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Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:06 pm to meeple
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Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:06 pm to meeple
This keeps you up at night?
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:08 pm to meeple
Because France is gay.
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:10 pm to meeple
Because we don't speak gibberish like the Frenchies.
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:11 pm to meeple
So tell us how it should be pronounced??
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:14 pm to meeple
I have never heard it pronounced one way or the other. Perhaps your f@ggoty little faux French city is not quite as important as you fancy it.
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:16 pm to meeple
Fountain-blue. Locals technically pronounce locations wrong all the time. Exhibit A: People from LOO-EE-VILL say LOO-uh-VULL. The common pronunciation of Los Angeles would technically be wrong, too.
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:19 pm to meeple
quote:but that's how Gates says it
Fountainbleau
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:19 pm to Undertow
quote:
Locals technically pronounce locations wrong all the time.
Kind of like New Orleans (New Orlins) and Baton Rouge (Batten Rouge).
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:20 pm to Undertow
quote:
Fountain-blue. Locals technically pronounce locations wrong all the time. Exhibit A: People from LOO-EE-VILL say LOO-uh-VULL. The common pronunciation of Los Angeles would technically be wrong, too.
I really don't think so. Some locals pronounce it correctly, some do not. Heck, most of them spell it casually as "fountain" as well, which confirms the incorrectness of it all. Enthusiasts on YouTube (take that FWIW) usually pronounce it correctly.
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:20 pm to meeple
Dude, I grew up in Covington, it's been pronounced Fountain Blue by everyone forever.
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:21 pm to meeple
yeah.
and next you'll be be telling me calliope isn't pronounced cal-ee-ope
and next you'll be be telling me calliope isn't pronounced cal-ee-ope
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:22 pm to meeple
quote:there are Fontainebleau enthusiast on YouTube?? Da phuk?
Enthusiasts on YouTube
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:42 pm to meeple
quote:
It was named after a forest in France, and the "Font" in the name should be pronounced as "Font."
There is not font in fountain. There is a fount in fountain, but no font soooo how do you not understand people pronouncing it phonetically.
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:44 pm to LSU_Saints_Hornets
Our token black guy is teaching phonics
These Nerds are fuxked
These Nerds are fuxked
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:46 pm to SuperSaint
quote:
Our token black guy is teaching phonics
These Nerds are fuxked
Posted on 1/28/17 at 7:46 pm to meeple
Slow Saturday night on the OT
Posted on 1/28/17 at 8:01 pm to meeple
I hate it when people pronounce it as "inspection sticker" instead of the proper French "brake tag"
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