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[–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

How does one pronounce Appalachian?

[–] KaiReeve@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Depends where you're from lol.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I'll stick with Ah-pah-lah-shee-an

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago
[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The closer you get, the more it sounds like "App-uh-latch-uh"

[–] AsherahTheEnd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

App uh latch e en

Alternatively can be pronounced app uh latch in

Edit: been told I'm wrong

[–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] TheFresh16@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

From Western PA and this is the pronunciation I grew up with (but all others were also accepted)

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, Pittsburgh here, I totally say lay-shun.

It's been said the Pittsburgh accent is one of the least attractive so maybe don't go mimicking our diction.

[–] AsherahTheEnd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dunno, the way I typed it is how the robots in Fallout 76 pronounce it haha. I could very well be wrong.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You cheeky bastard!

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I've also heard apple-late-chin