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Jungle George ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ‰ on Nostr: nprofile1qโ€ฆyzyt0 one of my favourites is "Johannesburg" ๐Ÿ˜… In South Africa our ...

one of my favourites is "Johannesburg" ๐Ÿ˜…

In South Africa our local pronunciation leans into that hard anglicised "J" (Djo-hannesburg or Joburg), but then maybe because the name has Dutch or German roots where the "J" is a palatal approximant (pronounced like a "Y") international speakers like European airline crews default straight to Yo-hannesburg. Always sound so quaint when you hear it ๐Ÿ˜