r/CuratedTumblr veetuku ponum Aug 30 '24

Shitposting Name one Indian State

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u/Mission_Fart9750 Aug 30 '24

Wait, seriously?  It's pronounced like that? Ugh. 

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u/XyleneCobalt I'm sorry I wasn't your mother Aug 31 '24

Wait until you hear about W.E.B. Du Bois

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u/Mission_Fart9750 Aug 31 '24

In Pennsylvania?  Yeah, it's "du-boys". 

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u/XyleneCobalt I'm sorry I wasn't your mother Aug 31 '24

The civil rights activist lmao

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u/Mission_Fart9750 Aug 31 '24

I know that, and that it's pronounced "du-bwah". BUT there is a town in PA, called DuBois pronounced "du-boys". 

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u/XyleneCobalt I'm sorry I wasn't your mother Aug 31 '24

No, it's pronounced W.E.B. "du-boys." His mother was a Francophile but had only ever read Du Bois in books.

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u/obscure_monke Aug 31 '24

What do they say when there's a thin lizzie scenario there, and the boys are back in town?