Eh Mun tun.
Port Aux Basques = Porta Bass
Wait, you guys pronounce the “d”? I thought it was em-tuhn.
Only narcs say Ed-mon-ton or Tor-on-to. Easy way to spot 'em.
The cat’s right. Who pronounces full city names? TOR-ON-TO? No no no, T’rono.
'churona
Sorry edit: T’Churonah
T’raw’nah
Yup, if you’re pronouncing Calgary as a 3 syllable word, you’re doing it wrong.
But then again, there are some cities where people add letters that aren’t there, like Vangcouver
Except, of course Sakskatooon
Nope, that’s just “the 'Toon”.
Tronna
Tarannah
The key is to soften/glottalize that t.
'Ed.min.ʔin
Now I hear Rhys Darby saying it Idmintin.
Yanks: MAWN-tray-all
Anglais: MUN-tree-ul
Francais: MO-rayawOkay so technically, Montréal is about the mountain that is in the middle of the city.
Mont-Réal (Réal meaning Royal in Catalan, actually name of the mountain being Mont-Royal) Mont = Mount Réal/Royal = Royal (found this Wikipedia article about the word which is also a name for people in Québec https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réal_(given_name) )
If its anything like the brits pronounce things…
Eh’mih’en
