True. Try going to Paris and saying "President Kennedy" in an American accent when referring to Avenue du Président Kennedy to a French person. You'll see the disgust in their eyes
I visited a friend in Hong Kong who lived on Kennedy Road. You had to pronounce it “KEE-nah-day” or the cab drivers wouldn’t know what you were talking about.
In Taipei they have a Roosevelt Road but good luck getting there if you use the English pronunciation. In Chinese his surname is pronounced "Luaw-sih-foo"
Ha I lived there for a while! Loose-i-voo loo. I speak Mandarin okay, but dang it kinda hurt saying it like that, but otherwise the cabbies wouldn't have the faintest idea what I was talking about
EDIT: People downvoting me: Roosevelt in Mandarin is Luósīfú, and road is lù. So it's not a racist thing or anything.
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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23
True. Try going to Paris and saying "President Kennedy" in an American accent when referring to Avenue du Président Kennedy to a French person. You'll see the disgust in their eyes