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1. halcy​:icosahedron: (halcy@icosahedron.website)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2017 07:27:38 EST halcy​:icosahedron:

   WAIT WHAT THE HECK.

   So in english the word "bologna" is pronounced like "baloney" WHAT

   WHY

   EXPLAIN

   1. Dag Ågren (waha06x36@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2017 07:31:03 EST Dag Ågren

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      @halcy Oh, I may actually know this? Apparently? Lots of Italians emigrated to America from southern Italy? And it kind of happened before Italian unification? So they brought very weird Italian pronunciation with them? And then they were isolated from the rest of Italy so when the language changed there they still stuck with the old pronunciation? And now there are all these really weird Italian-American words that Italians don't understand at all? And I think "baloney" might be one of them?

   2. [💾7️] Jo Jerrica Decker (trolldecker@social.diskseven.com)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2017 07:34:14 EST [💾7️] Jo Jerrica Decker

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      @halcy Because we're shit at pronouncing things properly? 🤷