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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[-] MucherBucher@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I actually speak a bit of italian. It's pronounced "bolonya" in american phonetics. I was actually supposed to go study in Bologna but unfortunately my uni canceled the deal.

The post is more about how americans pronounce the city of Bologna.

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