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[–] Skullgrid 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oven is broken apart into “Of” and “In” and then they try to associate “in” with the food that comes “out” hot.

ah, it's a yank thing. the "en" in "oven" and the "in" in "in" are pronounced differently when you speak properly.