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trof

(54,256 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 08:11 PM Dec 2012

It's 'HAHM-burg' not 'HAM-burg'.

(Actually, I think it's Hahm-bourg.)
Our Dear Governor just returned from a bidness seeking junket to Germany.
On the taxpayer's dime, natch.

And every local Tee-Vee reporter is telling us all about his trip to HAMburg.
jeez

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It's 'HAHM-burg' not 'HAM-burg'. (Original Post) trof Dec 2012 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author eugene jones Dec 2012 #1

Only in New England is hamburger 'hamburg'. trof Dec 2012 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author eugene jones Dec 2012 #3

In Alabama it's "CEE-ment". trof Dec 2012 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author eugene jones Dec 2012 #5

You got it. trof Dec 2012 #6

I thought it was Ceemint BlueJazz Dec 2012 #7

my MIL, from Lansing MI also called them hamburg HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #12

For a moment I was thinking DU had an audio feature undeterred Dec 2012 #8

Hyper-foreignism in my opinion Ron Obvious Dec 2012 #9

up until the mid 60s hamburgers were called "hamburg steaks" datasuspect Dec 2012 #10

Not in my neck of the woods. nt raccoon Dec 2012 #11

which woods were those? datasuspect Dec 2012 #14

SC. I NEVER heard anyone say Luncheon in RL, and if you did, people would think raccoon Dec 2012 #15

well don't they call lunch dinner datasuspect Dec 2012 #16

Yeah, when I was a kid that's all I heard. It was "breakfast, dinner, supper." raccoon Dec 2012 #17

And it's "HAHT dog", not "HOT dog". MiddleFingerMom Dec 2012 #13

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trof

(54,256 posts)

2. Only in New England is hamburger 'hamburg'.

Reply to eugene jones (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 08:26 PM

Dec 2012

I never got used to that.

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trof

(54,256 posts)

4. In Alabama it's "CEE-ment".

Reply to eugene jones (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 08:30 PM

Dec 2012

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trof

(54,256 posts)

6. You got it.

Reply to eugene jones (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 08:34 PM

Dec 2012

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

7. I thought it was Ceemint

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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 09:04 PM

Dec 2012

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

12. my MIL, from Lansing MI also called them hamburg

Reply to trof (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 6, 2012, 10:09 AM

Dec 2012

and I too never got used to that.

But I have no trouble with calling carbonated drinks soda, pop, soda pop, coke, or fanta.

I don't know if it's something about ground meat or germans that makes hamburg hurt my ears.

undeterred

(34,658 posts)

8. For a moment I was thinking DU had an audio feature

Reply to trof (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 09:18 PM

Dec 2012

that I've completely missed all these years.

Wow. Can you imagine if we could actually hear each other?

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

9. Hyper-foreignism in my opinion

Reply to trof (Original post)

Thu Dec 6, 2012, 08:44 AM

Dec 2012

Every country has its own pronunciation of places in other countries. It's also BerLEEN, not Berlin, Muenchen, not Munich, Koeln and not Cologne, Milano and not Milan, Roma and not Rome, Sumuo instead of Finland, Magyar instead of Hungarian, Den Haag, not The Hague, and PaREE and not Paris. And that's just for starters.

But nobody would say they just returned from PaREE, now would they?

Honestly now, wouldn't you think someone who said he'd just come back from PaREE a pretentious wanker? Why be inconsistent?