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[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I imagine the same reason so many Americans think of the UK as just London, or France as just Paris. I don't know what that reason is, but I imagine it's probably the same reason.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Honestly I can't get Wiltshire out of my head. Rhotal rs? What? They sound like they're from New England until they say something that makes my brain twist. I love it.