• CombatWombat@feddit.online
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    1 个月前

    Our unique pronunciation comes from Philadelphia, where they use the word “jawn” to mean “thing.” They called it “that parma jawn”, meaning like “that thing from parma” but the j became a zh over time.

    source: I made it up

    • kiterios@lemmy.world
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      1 个月前

      Unironically though, I do think that is how i say it. It’s parmesan Luc not parmesan Grey.