In 1952 Hollywood made a film about Hans Christian Andersen starring Danny Kaye in which they decided, for no reason I know of, to pronounce the name of the capital of Denmark a hybrid between English and German and some other language.
Most people had never heard of that city, so the only reference they had was this spectacle with the mispronounced name.
But now, with the climate conference going to take place there, I hear on the news that the grip that Hollywood has had on the name for so many years has loosened, and the city is finally getting its name back.
Copenhagen. : \ˌkō-pən-ˈhā-gən
Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen.
It only took about 55 years, but we are a patient lot, we Danes.
After all we are still waiting for our national hero Holger Danske to come to our rescue and tear his beard from the table where he has been resting his elbows from about the 15th century, so we are indeed a patient lot.