Before I heard it being said I kept pronouncing the surname “Mangione” as “Man-jee-own” rather than “man-jo-nee” and I’m still ashamed about it lol I’m sorry

  • Frenchfryenjoyer (she/her)OP
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    629 days ago

    I have American friends who couldn’t pronounce it. it was always some variant of “Glow-kester-sheer” but tbh I can’t blame them, the spelling doesn’t do the pronunciation justice 😂

    • Skua
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      729 days ago

      Start intentionally pronouncing “Pittsburgh” with the -burgh suffix from Edinburgh or Musselburgh to get them back