What about similar oddities in English?
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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

On a different note there is Reading, a football club in UK, which is pronounced "Redding". This pronunciation is akin to the Reading Railroad from Monopoly (which I mispronounced all my life until today).

Little details, picked up along the way.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Reading is a place itself, the football club is the club for that place

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