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If the sausage Bologna is pronounced "Balloney" in english, how is the city of Bologna pronounced? (feddit.de)

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Side note: It's also called Parizer in reference to Paris, the city that is neither Bologna, nor Lyon, another french city which would be the actual origin of the sausage.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh absolutely its pronounced baloney, I've just never seen it spelled that way (except as mentioned). I also don't think I've ever heard someone say the name of the city (had to stop and think about how weird that is), but I assumed it was pronounced bolonya.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Baloney is a valid spelling though. And, yes, I think I'd look at someone very strangely who pronounced the city this way. And generally, your instincts turn out to be correct in these things. I highly doubt that the proper pronunciation of the city is "boloney".