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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a bizarre post. Pronounce it the way the locals pronounce it, because THAT is how you're supposed to pronounce it. I won't think you're high class and educated (I'm probably more educated than you anyway), I'll just think "oh you're not from here and you're not making an effort to fit in"[/quote]

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Or I will think “oh they don’t know English very well”. [/quote]

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Then I would wonder if they say Kal-uh-for-nya or if they equally mispronounce it and say Kal-uh-for-nee-ya. [/quote]

My yiayia always said California the second way but also she had a heavy Greek accent and mispronounced a lot of words.[/quote]

That is kind of sweet. My foreign-born in-law says Mary Land, like pronounces two separate full words, instead of Mare-uh-lind. I don’t want to correct her as it sounds sweet. I hope people don’t think she is uneducated, she is a medical doctor from Australia. She even has a phD in a niche specialty, so really educated. [/quote]

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