I got caught out by an American puzzle that used 'silent films' where I would have expected the US term to be 'silent movies'. So I guess films were known as films at some point in the past in the US.
We also used to be English-owned, so there is that. We’ve seen the light since then lol
Also your note reminds me of a town I used to live in named Bourbonnais. It’s supposed to be pronounced how you’d expect to say it in French, but after several decades the citizens decided to break away from their French roots by calling it BURR-BONE-UZ. Really dumb Americanization lol. Good news is that when a college popped up there newcomers started referring to it correctly to sound more fancy. Now there’s a cultural crisis (typically pitting younger/older generations against each other) in the area that is due to differences in pronunciation of the city lol.
Ah that makes sense. Yeah, unfortunately I have practically zero relation to Native Americans. It’s a shame, since they had such an impact to our culture that many of our Midwestern towns are named after native words and names. I’ve never known someone with more than like a quarter Native American blood, and that is a horrifying shame.
Ah that makes sense. Yeah, unfortunately I have practically zero relation to Native Americans. It’s a shame, since they had such an impact to our culture that many of our Midwestern towns are named after native words and names. I’ve never known someone with more than like a quarter Native American blood, and that is a horrifying shame.
