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[–] 64 points 2 years ago (3 children)

.... You were supposed to the whole time ....

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    [–] 45 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I... I already did pronounce the L 😔

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    [–] 37 points 2 years ago (25 children)

    Next you'll be telling me I should pronounce the L in island as well!

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    fun fact: the S in island is completely fucking made up, the original spelling was "iland" with "i" being cognate with "ö" in swedish. It basically means island land and the only reason why there's an S in there is because some shithead thought it was related to the french word "isle" and felt that INCORRECT idea warranted changing the spelling.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    Yep. It is indeed. Same with the K in knight, which was added for no fucking reason. Sweden also has an island called Öland which means island land.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago* (28 children)

    I already do this with the word "solder" which confuses my fellow Americans greatly. They seem to think I'm lying that the L is sounded out in some other English speaking countries.

    I just think the American pronunciation (SAW-dur) sounds wrong.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I don't solder, so I'm no expert, but I've only ever heard it pronounced "sodder" (though agreed, leaving out the "l" sound is an odd choice).

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    From now on I'll pronounce Worcester as whore Chester.

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    I speak Spanish and it's wild to have no many randomly decided silent letters in words. We have the H that is silent always, and that's it. We have Salmón, with the intonation in the o, and we of course pronounce the L. I can't even say salmon without the L while not sounding stupid.

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago (18 children)

    You're not supposed to? Not a native English speaker.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    No, the L is silent. Thank the French for that.

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    You weren't supposed to do that?

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Just try to pronounce laugh as it’s spelt. I dare you.

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Oh sugar, I already do

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Salmon in English sounds like semen in Spanish

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    You know what? You're absolutely right! We have no future, if climate change doesn't get us in the next 50 years, or the endless crushing of the working classes under late stage capitalism, then the rising new wave of western fascism will when it takes over.

    Nothing matters any more, let's just do whatever we want <3

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    [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Partly wish I had Twitter in order to commend them on their choice of Frisky Dingo profile pic, but I'd rather pull the pubes off my scrotum one-by-one with tweezers than visit Twitter so it's not going to happen.

    Anybody want to DM OP for me? Or get their pubes removed?

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    [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Just as long as I can simultaneously drop the'l' sound from salmonella

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    what

    is it not pronounced /sɔɫ.mən/ (sol-muhn)???

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    I always pronounce the H in Meghan and the TH in Thailand in my head.

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can anyone say the s and the th in Isthmus? It's making my tongue feel funny.

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    As someone who regularly mispronounces this as rhyming with almonds I feel a little attacked

    I also say the following wrong: Ikea, Nutella, idea. Somehow my bilingual brain just gives up.

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    *They put sall-mon in the fish tacos, Hank. ¡SALL-MON!

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