‘Tor-ron-toe? Toronno? Churrano?’ American NBA viewers ponder pronunciations CTV News Toronto
The day after the biggest game in Raptors’ history, the world is talking Toronto – except everyone is saying it differently. “It’s about time we all learned how to properly pronounce the name of the city they’re playing in,” said an announcer on an Oakland Fox News affiliate. “Is it “Tor-ron-toe? Toronno? Churrano?” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf used two different pronunciations in back-to-back sentences this week. While American sportscasters reverted between a hard-T and a “nah” suffix. But can born-and-bred Torontonians tell which is right? “It’s Tor-ron-toe,” laughed one woman outside the …
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