It was Europeans who named those places.
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Yeah, people from that city or place moved there and named their new home after their old home. There's a very Dutch area of Michigan with many immigrants from the Netherlands still there. Want to know a couple town names? Holland and Zeeland.
Can't forget Noordeloos, Vriesland, Overisel, Drenthe, and Borculo. Been to Borculo a few times. Lotsa folks with Dutch/Frisian/Low German surnames in the area, including the (in)famously wealthy Van Andel and De Vos families of Grand Rapids.
Supposedly, the phrase "if you ain't Dutch, you ain't much" used to be common here, but I've never heard it used unironically. Likely died off with time.
Also of note: the name of Important Train Company Man
Memphis, Tennessee has entered the chat, y'all.
Along with Paris, Tennessee
I’m fairly sure Paris is Europe, not Africa.
Tennessee just loves being cultured. Did you know that Nashville has a full-scale replica of the Parthenon?
They say of the acropolis where the Parthenon is ...
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TIL it’s an ancient Egyption capital.
I mean haven't you seen the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid? It's obviously a tribute to ancient Egypt.
Upstate NY I went to Rome, Alexandria, Mexico, Florence, Norway, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Denmark, Coppenhagen, etc
EDIT: don't forget Swastika, NY
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With a mangled pronunciation if the place is French!
TBF, the French should pronounce their own language right if they want the rest of us to as well.
French is the language of "we paid for the whole alphabet so we're going to use the whole alphabet"
Boom. French roasted.
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There is a small village in Ohio named Buena Vista.
The locals pronounce it in a way that rhymes with Loona Fista
Wow, really? We have a own with the same name in CO as well. We pronounce it like, "Byoona Vista" too.
Yeah those people are idiots though. They even claim it’s the Spanish words, they just don’t want to pronounce them like Spanish. So fucking stupid.
To be fair, many Spanish words are bastardizations of Arabic words. This is just how languages evolve. For example the word Guadalupe is believed to derive from Arabic wādī al-lubb (hidden river). When people in my town pronounce it "Guadaloop," it's actually closer to the OG than the Spanish is lol
I think there’s a difference between happenstance and purposefully doing it though. What you said is very true, but not purposeful. The people in buena vista know they are mispronouncing it, yet they still call it Spanish and they still do it. Either don’t call it Spanish or don’t do it.
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Paris, Texas is a personal favorite.
Were staying in Paris! ...at the Hilton.
In Paris! ... Texas.
...on our way to see Paris! ... Hilton.
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You should check the city names in Florida, no idea what they were thinking
That explains Philadelphia and Memphis