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fsckboy on Dec 28, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The ghost of a colonial road on the eastern side o...

here's my pet peeve about #1 on that list: everybody pronounces its name wrong.

it's not "TheEmpire...StateBuilding"

New York State's nickname is "The Empire State", so the name of that skyscraper needs to be pronounced

TheEmpireState...building

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