*chuckles*

[gothams3rdrobin]

Some of my colleagues are debating the differences between UK and US pronunciations - such as 'Oregano' (Ore-ee-gah-noh vs Or-eg-ah-no) and Aluminium vs Aluminum.

Stuff like this always entertains me - the English language has so many discrepancies and regional variations. :-)

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[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh! Tomay-to and to-mah-to. ;)

And! Basil versus Bay-zil. :P

[gothams3rdrobin.livejournal.com]

They were talking on the radio this morning about the variations in pronuciation of bath and scone in Britain too :-)

[fair-witness.livejournal.com]

"Garage."

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

The irritating American tendency to drop the H in 'herb'.

Seriously. You don't drop the H in Hospital! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE.

[fair-witness.livejournal.com]

OH YEAH WELL ... YOU PEOPLE OVERUSE THE LETTER U!

[gothams3rdrobin.livejournal.com]

And you guys are very fond of the letter Z :-) (And by that I mean 'zed', not 'zee' lol)

[littledrow.livejournal.com]

"...because there's a fucking H in it."