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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

I genuinely don't understand why that's so hard for Americans so say.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 points 7 hours ago

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

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 17 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

In revenge we invented Arkansas.

[–] odium@programming.dev 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

and Illinois.

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

[–] odium@programming.dev 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

I've been saying Worcestershire this whole time.

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 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.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 1 points 1 hour ago

English [Simplified]