Just one of those things

[Josquius]

There is a Cleveland in england as well. Not to mention a whole bunch of Springfields.

It was only a few years ago I learned about the existance of an American Cleveland.
I've never encountered a Springfield in the UK.
I live near the original Washington. It is Washington; DC is Washington, America; Washington State is something most normal people aren't really aware of, the stuff of pub quizzes.

[derspiess]

It was only a few years ago I learned about the existance of an American Cleveland.

Sorry

But at least you had those blissful years not knowing of it.  I'm jealous.

[Viking]

It was only a few years ago I learned about the existance of an American Cleveland.

Sorry

But at least you had those blissful years not knowing of it.  I'm jealous.

Unlike the poor citizens of that blighted place...

but then again there is Birmingham....

[grumbler]

The first postmaster here was from Australia; hence Melbourne, Florida.

My brother once worked in North Carolina.  The locals referred to Washington, NC was "Little Washington" and Washington DC was "Big Washington."

There is a "Little Washington" in Virginia as well.  Washington, VA is older than Washington, DC, 70 miles away.  There used to be an actual "Little Washington" in Loudon County Virginia, also about 50 miles from DC, where the former slaves from the Washington family settled, but it was never incorporated.

[Sheilbh]

but then again there is Birmingham....

I genuinely don't know which is worse.

[Eddie Teach]

Cleveland is worse.

[Duque de Bragança]

Caen and Cannes are definitively not the same name. The former is probably of celtic origin while the latter is of occitan origin (Canas).

[Valmy]

It was only a few years ago I learned about the existance of an American Cleveland.

Sorry

But at least you had those blissful years not knowing of it.  I'm jealous.

Well its chief export is crippling depression.

[Ideologue]

Caen and Cannes are definitively not the same name. The former is probably of celtic origin while the latter is of occitan origin (Canas).

Are they even pronounced the same?  I always thought Caen was Cay-en, Cannes was Can.

[Ideologue]

Well, if we're talking "always" when I was kid I thought it was "Cans," but I also thought it was "Versalese."

[Valmy]

Caen and Cannes are definitively not the same name. The former is probably of celtic origin while the latter is of occitan origin (Canas).

Are they even pronounced the same?  I always thought Caen was Cay-en, Cannes was Can.

Cannes is Can.  Caen is um...erm...hard to explain.  It is an 'a' like father not ann.

[Duque de Bragança]

Caen and Cannes are definitively not the same name. The former is probably of celtic origin while the latter is of occitan origin (Canas).

Are they even pronounced the same?  I always thought Caen was Cay-en, Cannes was Can.

Cannes is Can.  Caen is um...erm...hard to explain.  It is an 'a' like father not ann.

IPA is your friend /kɑ̃/
It's a nasal vowel similar to ɔ̃/on for the Germans, among others.

[grumbler]

IPA is your friend /kɑ̃/
It's a nasal vowel similar to ɔ̃/on for the Germans, among others.

IPA is fucking useless as a pronunciation guide. /kɑ̃/ is gibberish.  Comparing it to other gibberish raises gibberish to gibberish to the power of gibberish.

[Admiral Yi]

Are they even pronounced the same?  I always thought Caen was Cay-en, Cannes was Can.

Caen sounds like kah with a honking noise at the end.

[dps]

Well, if we're talking "always" when I was kid I thought it was "Cans," but I also thought it was "Versalese."

Why on earth would you think "Cannes" was pronounced "Versalese"?  I'd expect that level of stupid from, say, Timmay.