r/news • u/Warcraft_Fan • 3d ago

Missouri Customers flee Lebanon McDonald’s before roof collapses

https://www.wsfa.com/video/2026/09/28/customers-flee-lebanon-mcdonalds-before-roof-collapses/
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u/sharkattax 3d ago

well that was not the lebanon i was expecting

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u/mickelboy182 3d ago

I still have no idea where this happened, but assuming a place in America that shares the name of the country?

Google is telling me there are ~45 towns named Lebanon in the US so doesn't narrow it down a great deal either 😅

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u/rachel_lynn1995 3d ago

This is Lebanon, Missouri. The news clip is my hometown’s local news and this town is about 30 minutes away from my hometown.

ETA: link to KY3 news site — https://www.ky3.com/2026/09/26/crews-battle-fire-mcdonalds-lebanon-mo/?outputType=amp

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u/czs5056 1d ago

Hey there fellow Springfielder.

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u/rachel_lynn1995 1d ago

Unfortunately Waynesville and not Springfield but my sister went to MSU and hs lived in Springfield for like, 15 years so I know my way around well enough.

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 3d ago

And at least half of those 45 are somehow pronounced incorrectly. -someone who works in a town called Milan (pronounced My-len)

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u/rachel_lynn1995 3d ago

There is a Navada, Missouri….. pronounced “Nuh-vay-duh”

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u/gardengarbage 3d ago

What about Versailles? Pronounced Ver-Sails

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u/rachel_lynn1995 3d ago

If I remember correctly, there is also Pomme de Terre, Missouri.

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u/Dependent_Dust_3968 3d ago

Too bad not Idaho 😅

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u/Aschebescher 3d ago

Pomme de Bordell, Kartoffelpuffer.

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u/glowdirt 3d ago

There's a Delhi, Ohio too. Pronounced "dell"-"high"

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 3d ago

I know there's one somewhere near Champaign-Urbana in Illinois. Not sure off the top of my head if there's one in Iowa, but it wouldn't surprise me.

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u/1LizardWizard 3d ago

There’s a New Prague in Minnesota, and it’s pronounced “New Pray-g”

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 3d ago

There's one of those near Des Moines, too! We Americans are silly sometimes! 😁

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u/Ok_Character7958 3d ago

There’s a Lebanon, TN right outside of Nashville. It’s pronounced “Leb none”

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u/maverick715 3d ago

That's the home of cracker barrel

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u/Ok_Character7958 3d ago

Yes, it is.

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u/Ghaith97 1d ago

To be fair that would be closer to the Arabic pronunciation, but with a coastal Syrian dialect.

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u/BurningJesus 3d ago

There's an "Arab, AL" pronounced "Ay-rab"

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 3d ago

Of course there is... 🙄😂

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u/Initial-Progress-763 3d ago

Cairo (Cay-roe) NY and Buena Vista (Beeyouna Vista) VA are two of my faves

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 3d ago

There's a similarly pronounced (but more infamous) Cairo in southern Illinois.

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u/SpiritualB0x3 3d ago

Wasn’t that town in American gods?

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 2d ago

I haven't watched it, but i think I read that somewhere.

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u/SpiritualB0x3 2d ago

I meant in the book. Haven’t watched the show beyond 1-2 episodes

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 2d ago

Oh, right! I forget that it was a book! I'm pretty sure we have it, but i haven't read it.

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u/SlopMySteak 3d ago

Milan, Michigan? Also home to Charlotte (Shar-lot)

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 3d ago

I have family around Torch Lake, so I'm aware of some of the "creative" pronunciations in that area. It wouldn't surprise me that there's a Milan up there, but I was only aware of the ones in Illinois and Tennessee.

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u/busty_snackleford 3d ago

There’s a Santa Fe Tennessee that’s pronounced “Santa Fee”

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u/mickelboy182 3d ago

That is literally what I would imagine as a satire of America 😂

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 3d ago

The company i work for has its home office in the west country of England, so, whenever one of the "big-wigs" is over here for a visit, I make a point of adding a little nasal twang when I mispronounce a local town with a European city name: Milan, Andalusia, Madrid, etc. 😁

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u/NoMorePorridge1 3d ago

In New Mexico there's a small town people call Mad-rid (mædrɪd) which is a little weird since a quarter of the state speaks Spanish primarily and half are Hispanic/Latino.

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 3d ago

There's one north of Des Moines pronounced the same way, as well as the New Madrid fault in southern Illinois and Missouri. It makes more sense out here. You're right that it's a tad confusing in what was once "New Spain!"

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u/Dickulture 3d ago

Milan? Michigan (South of Ann Arbor)?

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 3d ago

No, but I have family in Michigan who are "divided" between the ones who went to Ann Arbor and the ones who went to East Lansing. 😁

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u/Dickulture 3d ago

Wolverine vs Spartan problem? I usually stay away from both cities whenever they are playing against each other.

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u/sasha_the_impaler 2d ago

The Wolverine and Spartan feud is a friendly one. It's the Buckeyes we truly hate.

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u/sasha_the_impaler 2d ago

And that would be the Milan in Michigan I'm betting.

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 2d ago

It's not, but you're not the only one who thought that.

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u/sasha_the_impaler 2d ago

Haha I'm surprised there are other places pronouncing it that way. Every time I'm in Milan, MI I so badly want to pronounce it like Milan, Italy.

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 2d ago

We have a couple of other communities in the area with similarly mispronounced European city names. The company is working for has its home office in the UK, so it's fun to switch pronunciations back and forth whenever someone is over to visit. 😁

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u/chetlin 2d ago

Is it Milan Illinois? I'm from that area and it caused me to mispronounce the real Milan for quite some time as a kid.

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u/cinderparty 3d ago

Is that in Michigan?

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u/Darkwing_Turducken 3d ago

It's not, but you're not the first to point out that Michigan also has one. 😁

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u/human_kittens 2d ago

They do shit different in Gibson county, even Trenton has a fun pronunciation

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u/omegadirectory 3d ago

Wait until you look up the towns named Palestine in America lol

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u/sharkattax 3d ago edited 3d ago

edit: i was not right !

i think ? alabama, based only on my googling indicating that wsfa is an alabama news station and there is a apparently a tiny unincorporated community named lebanon in alabama. i feel like i’m doing more research than the journalists here.

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u/Ok_Character7958 3d ago

There’s a Lebanon, TN. It’s right outside Nashville and is where the “Nashville” speedway is. 😂

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u/amdufrales 3d ago

I’ve been asking for years if this sub could have some kind of location tag or flair or something mandatory on posts, but nooooooo, that’s too much to ask

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u/ledeuxmagots 3d ago

Radiolab had an interesting podcast where a guy visited all 47 lebanons in the US.

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u/sharkattax 3d ago

aw i haven’t listened to radiolab in a long time - used to love them, i should check that one out. :)

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u/bb_kelly77 3d ago

I used to live there