The capitol of SD is Pierre, or “peer”.
The missing syllables were taken by Mt. Sinai, or “mount sine-ee-eye”.
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It’s also pronounced this way in musical notation (probably for the same reason).
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Right. But Japanese words don’t really end on consonant sounds. They use a near silent “u” at the end, especially on a foreign derived word. So the “Don” it is probably “Don-U” but the “U” is whispered or practically silent
Right, the (mis?)pronunciation started exactly this way, when people reading the word didn’t know how to interpret the spelling—did it come from Italian or from French?
The same thing happens with segue, and a host of other words. It’s called (I was delighted to learn yesterday) a “hyperforeignism.”
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