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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.

[–] itsnotits 2 points 9 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

and Illinois.

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

I've been saying Worcestershire this whole time.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours 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 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

The language is called English, not Obesitese