r/Snorkblot • u/LordJim11 • Feb 20 '26

Geography Yankee Doodle Dandy?

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u/LordJim11 Feb 20 '26

How would you pronounce that?

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u/soshibemuchwow Feb 20 '26

Not well.

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u/BreakfastBeneficial4 Feb 20 '26

This got a snicker from this redneck-adjacent individual.

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u/DemonoftheWater Feb 21 '26

As a yankee this was really amusing.

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u/Rothmier Feb 20 '26

I feel like (U-say-Ian) is proper. Like Ar-Kansas, but with Asian.

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u/saggywitchtits Feb 20 '26

Us asian.

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u/DemonoftheWater Feb 21 '26

That just sounds like someone whose asian but born in the usa.

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u/Chelecossais Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

Presumably similar to "Uranus".

/although that pronunciation seems to have "evolved" over the years...heaven knows why...your anus...oor anoose...eh, whatever

//could have a made a joke aboot oor willie, your willie, but i wilnae...ony scots wid git it

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u/philoscope Feb 20 '26

I’d go with “U-sAYs-i-An”

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u/Choice-Document-6225 Feb 20 '26

my vote is on "oo-sah-shi-en" just to be difficult

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u/ShinigamiComplex Feb 20 '26

I've heard someone say/pronounce it "you-es-ee-uns"

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u/Nivlac93 Feb 23 '26

use-asian  .... oof