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We’re all saying Mount Everest wrong, says Mental Floss. The mammoth mountain is named after Welsh geographer George Everest, whose surname was pronounced “EVE-rest” – the emphasis on the first syllable, which rhymed with “leave”. Everest himself thought the peak should be known by its local name, “Chomolungma”, meaning “goddess mother of the world”.
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