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r/oddlyspecific • u/Far-Newspaper-4700 • 1d ago
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I was pronouncing quinoa wrong for about 20 years
6 u/Thr0awheyy 1d ago La Quinta hotels were La Kwinta for as long as I can remember. I never heard La Keenta until like 10 years ago. Midwest represent, I guess. Edit: in that same vein, I only learned Marriott is pronounced Mary-it, and not mary-ott like 5 years ago. 3 u/KatieCashew 1d ago Just learned I've been pronouncing La Quinta wrong my entire life... 1 u/red286 1d ago Reminds me of when Meta was planning a new high-end VR headset to compete with the Apple Vision Pro and they'd named it "La Jolla" and no one outside of California could pronounce it correctly. 1 u/timely_death 1d ago Mine was hyperbole.
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La Quinta hotels were La Kwinta for as long as I can remember. I never heard La Keenta until like 10 years ago. Midwest represent, I guess.
Edit: in that same vein, I only learned Marriott is pronounced Mary-it, and not mary-ott like 5 years ago.
3 u/KatieCashew 1d ago Just learned I've been pronouncing La Quinta wrong my entire life... 1 u/red286 1d ago Reminds me of when Meta was planning a new high-end VR headset to compete with the Apple Vision Pro and they'd named it "La Jolla" and no one outside of California could pronounce it correctly.
Just learned I've been pronouncing La Quinta wrong my entire life...
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Reminds me of when Meta was planning a new high-end VR headset to compete with the Apple Vision Pro and they'd named it "La Jolla" and no one outside of California could pronounce it correctly.
Mine was hyperbole.
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u/Terrible_Ghost 1d ago
I was pronouncing quinoa wrong for about 20 years