PinkyCoyote@sopuli.xyzM to Name It@sopuli.xyz · 1 year agoThe way people act like York isn't a city in Englandsopuli.xyzimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1278arrow-down110
arrow-up1268arrow-down1imageThe way people act like York isn't a city in Englandsopuli.xyzPinkyCoyote@sopuli.xyzM to Name It@sopuli.xyz · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarePandantic [they/them]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoSometimes they don’t even put new in front of it. Illinois has a Milan, but they pronounce it My-lan. Smh
minus-squareChr0nos1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoNew York has a Chili, but they pronounce it like Chai lie.
minus-squareThe Assman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThere are 29 cities in the US named Lebanon
minus-squarecallouscomic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoLike so many cities in the US, the name is used a lot because of biblical references to it. American Christians are not a very creative bunch.
minus-squarePandantic [they/them]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI never really thought of it this way.
Sometimes they don’t even put new in front of it. Illinois has a Milan, but they pronounce it My-lan. Smh
New York has a Chili, but they pronounce it like Chai lie.
There are 29 cities in the US named Lebanon
Like so many cities in the US, the name is used a lot because of biblical references to it. American Christians are not a very creative bunch.
I never really thought of it this way.