▲ 43 ▼ How do you pronounce zebra in your country: zeebra or rhymes with Debra? (lemmy.ca) submitted 4 months ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments Please indicate country in your answer.
[–] felsiq@piefed.zip 16 points 4 months ago (1 child) Except Canada, where we only do things halfway and never just pick a side on something like this: we say both “zed” and “zeebra” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) In your defense, you have a significant active French community. It's a bit like during the Norman Conquest when English started absorbing some French - it's just still ongoing for you! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] felsiq@piefed.zip 4 points 4 months ago That’s a good point and for language stuff we should prob get a pass, but I NEED people to stop using the fucking imperial system for such a random assortment of shit and just stick to metric lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) In your defense, you have a significant active French community. It's a bit like during the Norman Conquest when English started absorbing some French - it's just still ongoing for you! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] felsiq@piefed.zip 4 points 4 months ago That’s a good point and for language stuff we should prob get a pass, but I NEED people to stop using the fucking imperial system for such a random assortment of shit and just stick to metric lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] felsiq@piefed.zip 4 points 4 months ago That’s a good point and for language stuff we should prob get a pass, but I NEED people to stop using the fucking imperial system for such a random assortment of shit and just stick to metric lol permalink fedilink source parent