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programmer_dude
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The Miracle of Pakistani Tekken (2022) [video]
> The Anglicization is mos-cow.
It's not. The anglicization is MOS-koh. MOS-kau is American.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow
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If this song is the reason Americans use "mos-cow" I am 100% here for it and will back any campaign to change the British pronunciation to match :)
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Y_Y
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It's also German ("Moskau") which I assume is where the American pronunciation comes from.
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It's not. The anglicization is MOS-koh. MOS-kau is American.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow