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[-] theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Illinoi?

[-] Nora@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 11 months ago

yeah that's how its said

[-] theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

What does it mean?

[-] Carvex@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Illinois, pronounced Illinoy, is from an ancient Illini Indian word "Iliniwek", meaning "fuck you white man go away".

You'll find many city and land names around America translated loosely as the same, then some white people were probably like iT meAnS lArGe RiVeR and wrote that down instead.

[-] joyjoy@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It means Illinois (the S is silent)

[-] theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Thx for nothing?

[-] tomenzgg@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

Roughly translated, it means, "We are men." It's a French term (as the French were the first to colonize the area) derived from the term "Illiniwek" which was used by the natives there to refer to (in English) the Illinois Confederation, a loosely organized group of 12 to 13 tribes who lived in the Mississippi River Valley.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

I'm always disgusted by how badly people pronounce Illinois.

It's ill-in-wah ffs

[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 5 points 11 months ago

Pronounced like Illinois Roosevelt

[-] smee@poeng.link 4 points 11 months ago

I live somewhere, but it's pronounced "On your screen".

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

I live in San Diego but the S is silent. The D is loud though.

[-] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

I live in Mississippi. Only the one 'S' is silent.

[-] UltraBlack@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Damn

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