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minus-squareSpeiser0@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 days 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-squareAppaYipYip@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours 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?
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?