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250 points pabs3 | 4 comments | 04 Sep 25 02:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.49s | source
1. fuzzfactor ◴[04 Sep 25 05:38 UTC] No.45123931[source]▶
The state of Texas is well-known as the "Lone Star" state, and appropriately enough there is a small town in east Texas known as Etoile, Texas. This is not even that far from the border with Louisiana and some of the unsettled parts of that old French territory.

But they can really tell if you are from around those parts or not, since the correct local pronunciation of the word etoile is of course "yeetaw".

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2. ◴[04 Sep 25 06:45 UTC] No.45124304[source]▶
3. bitwize ◴[04 Sep 25 08:07 UTC] No.45124866[source]▶
That's not far from Nakadish (Natchitoches, Louisiana)!
4. rbanffy ◴[04 Sep 25 11:08 UTC] No.45125887[source]▶
> since the correct local pronunciation of the word etoile is of course "yeetaw".

Some things lose a lot with translation.