• CombatWombat@feddit.online
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    5 days ago

    Our unique pronunciation comes from Philadelphia, where they use the word “jawn” to mean “thing.” They called it “that parma jawn”, meaning like “that thing from parma” but the j became a zh over time.

    source: I made it up

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      Unironically though, I do think that is how i say it. It’s parmesan Luc not parmesan Grey.