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minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate (CA version)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoWhen I check the dictionary, it says in the US it’s pronounced goo-dah.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 days agoIt is, because we butchered it. Like how Lohss On-heh-lace is pronounced “Loss An-juh-less.”
minus-squareLOLseas@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agohttps://forvo.com/search/Gouda/
minus-squareNarauko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoLooks like we pronounce it like the Swede’s do, and German is halfway to English pronunciation. I would probably blame the Germanic parts of English along with significant Swedish settlement in US cheese producing regions.
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate (CA version)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoYep, same thing
When I check the dictionary, it says in the US it’s pronounced goo-dah.
It is, because we butchered it. Like how Lohss On-heh-lace is pronounced “Loss An-juh-less.”
https://forvo.com/search/Gouda/
Looks like we pronounce it like the Swede’s do, and German is halfway to English pronunciation. I would probably blame the Germanic parts of English along with significant Swedish settlement in US cheese producing regions.
Yep, same thing