How To Pronounce The Names of 24 Famous Places You‘ve Mispronounced Your Entire Life
Mistypes are annoying - nay, shameful - for a literate person, but what about mispronunciations? Those can be really embarrassing. Fortunately, there's this snazzy visual guide to commonly mispronounced places from around the world!
Mistypes are annoying - nay, shameful - for a literate person, but what about mispronunciations? Those are harder to pick up on, and can be really embarrassing. Fortunately, there's a snazzy visual guide to commonly mispronounced places from around the world that you can use to be sure you're always right. You’ll notice that pronunciation of Australian cities is, well, extremely Australian.
Abhisek Das at Thrillophilia gave us the most visually appealing version of this useful list. The usage of contrasting blurry and clear images of cities helps hammer the point home. And implies that when you mispronounce these names, you sound drunk!
More info: thrillophilia.com (h/t: designtaxi)Bangkok, Thailand
Melbourne, Australia
Reykjavik, Iceland
Dubai
Beijing, China
Budapest, Hungary
Phuket, Thailand
Brisbane, Australia
Colombia
Yosemite Park, USA
Iraq
Montreal, Canada
Qatar
The River Thames, UK
Versailles, France
Worcester, UK
Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem
Helena, USA
Kissimmee, USA
Lafayette, USA
La Jolla, USA
Niger
Pakistan
Worcestershire, UK
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