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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.”
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.”