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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I genuinely don't understand why that's so hard for Americans so say.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In revenge we invented Arkansas.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

I love how Americans pronounce "Arkansas River" depending on whether they're in Arkansas or Kansas.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

and Illinois.

I've heard illi noise so many times I've given up on correcting it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

It's not a common word for us and the phonetics don't match the pronunciation whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

if it's spelled worchestershire, I'm gonna pronounce it worchestershire.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I've been saying Worcestershire this whole time.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's not hard at all. But due to the fact that stealing other people's words and aggressively mispronouncing them seems to be the official British pastime, I don't give a fuck how you pronounce it. I'll pronounce it how it's spelled, or any other way I damn well please.

There are more of us than there are of you. It's our language now, you're an anachronism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

The language is called English, not Obesitese