Detroit or Deeetroit: Which Are You?

The Den
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This PFF Mock Draft video today is pinned at #17 and you can check it out, if you choose. The question Connor raised is How do you pronounce it, or perhaps you vary it for effect like me.

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No French

Angry Season 3 GIF by The Office

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Jokingly i say the French pronunciation.

But seriously its DEE-Troit

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You’re a “Day Twat”
@Jah26

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You can say it as Americanized as you want, but there’s no stopping it being a French word.

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Are we talking about the pizza?

Detroit all day bud!!!

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That sounds too much like da toi-let, and I don’t like it. Another reason for Detroit Against Everybody, including the French.

toilet GIF

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Make Detroit French Again.

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When speaking with outsiders: It’s Detroit.

But when I’m with my people in the ‘D’: It’s Deeetroit!!

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When followed by “, Michigan!” it’s Dee-troit.

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huh. very true that’s exactly hpw i use it, but only if its before Michigan.
Althoough…I defer …not being from DeTROIT.

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BTW - passing on Freeling when he’s on the board-----classic case of “over-thinking”.

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Whatever your choice, just be straight about it.