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minus-square@Speiser0@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-23 months agoAs a german, I would pronounce it like “Montag”, the german word for monday, just with more stress on the 2nd syllable, and less on the first, so Monntaag, (so “Mon Tayg”). And therefore I understood it as a reference to garfield.
minus-square@AppaYipYip@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoOh really? Parts of Texas had a big influx of German immigrants in the 1800s. I wonder if that’s why the pronunciation is similar to German?
minus-square@Speiser0@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months ago“Montague” is not exactly a german like word, rather french. But it’s how I’d pronounce french words. Idk if it’s a specific german way.
As a german, I would pronounce it like “Montag”, the german word for monday, just with more stress on the 2nd syllable, and less on the first, so Monntaag, (so “Mon Tayg”). And therefore I understood it as a reference to garfield.
Oh really? Parts of Texas had a big influx of German immigrants in the 1800s. I wonder if that’s why the pronunciation is similar to German?
“Montague” is not exactly a german like word, rather french. But it’s how I’d pronounce french words. Idk if it’s a specific german way.