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minus-squareBerttheduck@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·4 months agoTo help my American lemmings with pronunciation: Red-ing and Bark-shere. It’s a very good university too.
minus-squaredogsoahC@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 months agoAnglophones have no right to complain about French pronunciation. What the fuck is this shit?
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoHalf the reason our pronunciation is so weird is that a bunch of French guys took over England
minus-squareBerttheduck@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·4 months agoTell me about it English is a bastardised language made up of so many different languages rules. Have you heard of Lee and Perrins Worcestershire sauce? It’s pronounced wuster-shere. Great sauce btw, real umami flavour and great on cheese on toast.
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 months agoMy favourite is Wymondham. (Like the blowy kind,) Wind-um. Also, fuck Worcester sauce.
minus-squareGreatAlbatross@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoI like Towcester. Excellent for breakfast crumpets.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoJames Acaster’s classic Kettering Town FC bit starts with another example 😁
minus-squaredogsoahC@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoI’ve heard it as “English isn’t a language. It’s three languages under a trench coat, pretending to be a language.”
minus-squaredogsoahC@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoYes. I have also heard of “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.”
To help my American lemmings with pronunciation: Red-ing and Bark-shere.
It’s a very good university too.
Anglophones have no right to complain about French pronunciation. What the fuck is this shit?
Half the reason our pronunciation is so weird is that a bunch of French guys took over England
Tell me about it English is a bastardised language made up of so many different languages rules. Have you heard of Lee and Perrins Worcestershire sauce? It’s pronounced wuster-shere.
Great sauce btw, real umami flavour and great on cheese on toast.
My favourite is Wymondham. (Like the blowy kind,) Wind-um.
Also, fuck Worcester sauce.
I like Towcester.
Excellent for breakfast crumpets.
James Acaster’s classic Kettering Town FC bit starts with another example 😁
I’ve heard it as “English isn’t a language. It’s three languages under a trench coat, pretending to be a language.”
ever heard of ghoti?
Yes. I have also heard of “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.”