Well, when you understand the history of the area it make sense. It's basically a series of countries buying the place, moving in, saying "we rule you people now", and the locals shrugging and responding, "okay, you have fun with that".

When did we all turn into Henry Higgins?

To be fair, most Americans can't get the hang of English, so I can understand why.

(And yeah, Calliope is a Greek muse, not French, but the street was named BY the French when they took over.)

In New Orleans there's a bunch of streets with French names that are pronounced by locals with a more English emphasis, for example "Calliope Street" is pronounced "CAL-lee-ope".

I figured as much for Canadians.

hm; whenever I've heard people talk about the school they said it the same way as the cathedral...but I guess that's in Canada, so they're probably more familiar with the cathedral than the school

There's plenty of place names in the US like that. Around here we have an "el doh-RAY-doh," and up north there's a Cairo that's pronounced "kay-roh"

Yeah, the common pronunciation of the University is probably the reason most Americans don't pronounce the Cathedral name correctly.

That's my understanding of how the two are supposed to be pronounced as well.

When I'm talking about the cathedral, I say "noh-treh dahme". When I talk about the university, I say "noh-ter dayme". I don't see a problem with that.

guessing "Hunchback" just got bumped WAY down the list for Disney's live-action remakes...

We all pronounce it wrong, so no one knows enough to care.

It'd be odd for most Americans not to know how to pronounce Notre Dame, considering they have a University with the same name that's the subject of a relatively popular film based around a sport most Americans love

Three or four more hours will be needed to contain the fire.

Update from France 24: the Paris Fire Brigade says two towers and the main structure of the cathedral have been saved from complete destruction.

One does not have to speak French to know that rhyming with "voter name" is off the mark.

Really? It's an international tragedy and you're zeroing in on the people who maybe don't speak French?

@Tm_Silverclaw I just read on BBC News that the cause is not yet clear, but officials suspect the fire could be linked to renovation work.

Oh boy, here we go with the U.S.-American newscasters who can't pronounce "Notre Dame" correctly.

Too soon to say.

Do we know if it was an attack? Arson? Or just bad wiring?

Religion is dead?

major cathedral burning down on Holy Week is some kind of metaphor.

Hard to believe a wonder of the world could just be wiped out so easily. Hopefully they can still save it

Well, Notre Dame is burning down

yikes I thought the site was going to be down for a while

So, time for another strike. No sleep for me tonight. Oh well.

Think Game of Thrones "light" meets Cabaret and you get the idea.

Kinda sorta, just with more intrigue, conspiracy, depravity, crime and violence.

So it's like a prequel to Cabaret?

And man, characters are smoking literally EVERYWHERE.

Also, full frontal male nudity. (There's been quite a bit of female nudity since episode 1.)

Episode 6, and Hitler is randomly name-checked.

Runa runa!

Wocka wocka!

Lewd

troutstick.

With a trout.

With a stick?

*slaps them both*

Seems like a polarizing decision, but it's not like jest anyone could make it for you.

I had an epiphany today. My spirit animal is Fozzie Bear. We both love our un-bear-able jokes, which make people feel like they are being pun-ished.

That's what makes the show so poignant, I think. It take a contemporary perspective, rather than a modern one. The hardships of the time aren't glossed over, but they're portrayed very stoically. Yeah, many people suffered, there was poverty, but so was life at the time. There's also a high-ranking Jewish police official who's a very by-the-books guy and supports the frail democracy of Weimar Germany. If you want to learn more about how Germany BEFORE the Period Everyone Knows About, this show is as good as it gets.

Because in retrospect, we (even here in Germany) tend to view the era with knowledge of what would later come, but in reality, the Nazis started out as a regional fringe movement and basically just happened to be in the right place at the right time to seize power.

The communists are a much bigger threat. When the Nazis appear, they will likely do so with a bang. Like, completely out of left field.

The show tries its best to accurately depict the zeitgeist of the era, the post-war period with a young, struggling (and ultimately doomed) democracy... but like in real life, the Nazis aren't really an issue on anyone's mind yet.

The female lead is a young, aspiring typist and part-time prostitute who dreams of becoming a police officer working in the murder department.

During his investigations, he becomes involved in political unrest, murder cases, a conspiracy of reactionary monarchists, Russian counter-revolutionaries and more.

@Benbot: Babylon Berlin is a film noir-style crime drama set in the German capital of Berlin in the year 1929. It features a World War I veteran turned police officer from Cologne who comes to Berlin to investigate a porn ring that blackmails his superior, the grand mayor of Cologne (who would later become the first chancellor of post-WWII Germany).