Montreal mentioned on Jeopardy

[JFrosty]

what a sad, sad fucking thread.. are you guys kidding me? really??

 

have we gotten so desperate?

 

Je crois que c'est plus un fait divers qu'une opinion de l'extérieur.

 

Qu'est-ce qu'il y a de sad à propos de le mentionner? Je crois pas que quelqu'un a un boost d'égo pour Montréal à cause de ça.

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[Cataclaw]

She didn't mispronounce Montreal, it is the American pronunciation of the city's name, eh!

 

Hehe, i know what you mean, but according to experts, a city's correct pronunciation is the one most used by locals. That's the standard for determining these things. So Montreal, to be correctly pronounced, is "Muntreal"

 

And it's a good thing too, i cringe whenever i hear MOHN-treal. I don't even realize they're talking about our us for 0.5 seconds

[Kovalev]

what a sad, sad fucking thread.. are you guys kidding me? really??

 

have we gotten so desperate?

 

indeed. It sounds as if we're a bunch of small towners who get giddy with the slightest mention of our town. Sad.

[jesseps]

indeed. It sounds as if we're a bunch of small towners who get giddy with the slightest mention of our town. Sad.

 

Its our inferiority complex (thats what drives us to this). Thats what some American said about us on wikileaks

[JFrosty]

Alright then, let's play along.

 

December 2nd should be declared a national holiday in Quebec! National Airport on Jeopardy Day!

 

Man, that was such a great moment in television! I can't believe Trudeau was in a question! Man, we're so awesome!

[Cyrus]

Hehe, i know what you mean, but according to experts, a city's correct pronunciation is the one most used by locals. That's the standard for determining these things. So Montreal, to be correctly pronounced, is "Muntreal"

 

And it's a good thing too, i cringe whenever i hear MOHN-treal. I don't even realize they're talking about our us for 0.5 seconds

 

Then what about mo-rial

[Cataclaw]

Then what about mo-rial

 

That's in french, silly.

 

Personally, i think it's cool that Trudeau was mentioned on Jeopardy, but it was more of a "Hmm. That's neat." than a "OMG!! Montreal was on Jeopardy! Call everyone you know!"

[Aurélien]

Hehe, i know what you mean, but according to experts, a city's correct pronunciation is the one most used by locals.

 

Pourtant, en Suisse, les Romands appellent leur ville "G'nev" alors que c'est "Genèvre".

[Cataclaw]

La prononciation considéré "la bonne" c'est toujours celle des habitants de cette ville. En version "non-abrégé", il faut spécifier.

 

À Toronto ils disent parfois "T'ronto" mais ça ne compte pas. C'est comme la rue "Houston" à New York. C'est "House-ton" et non "Hue-ss-ton". Les New Yorkais décident d'utiliser "House-ton" donc c'est ça la façon officielle de le dire.

 

À Montréal, les anglophones disent "Muhn-treal" donc c'est ça qui compte. Ceux qui disent tellement vite en abrégé "Mntrl", ça ne compte pas. On considère seulement la version du nom dit par quelqu'un qui n'est pas super pressé