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gothams3rdrobin ([personal profile] gothams3rdrobin) wrote2009-08-12 10:58 am

*chuckles*

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. :-)

[identity profile] alryssa.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, oh! Tomay-to and to-mah-to. ;)

And! Basil versus Bay-zil. :P

[identity profile] gothams3rdrobin.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
They were talking on the radio this morning about the variations in pronuciation of bath and scone in Britain too :-)

[identity profile] alryssa.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 11:45 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] fair-witness.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
OH YEAH WELL ... YOU PEOPLE OVERUSE THE LETTER U!

[identity profile] gothams3rdrobin.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
And you guys are very fond of the letter Z :-) (And by that I mean 'zed', not 'zee' lol)

[identity profile] littledrow.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"...because there's a fucking H in it."