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Old 07-05-2011, 9:08pm   #1
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Old 07-05-2011, 9:11pm   #2
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* Caesar

* Porsche

* Almost ANYTHING with two Ts --> we Americans have a tendency to pronounce them like Ds (i.e. better, butter, etc.)

* For (often pronounced "fur")


Just a few. Let's face it, we ALL butcher the Queen's English every day.
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Shit head. A lot of folks are pronouncing it Oh-bomb-uh these days.
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* Almost ANYTHING with two Ts --> we Americans have a tendency to pronounce them like Ds (i.e. better, butter, etc.)

* For (often pronounced "fur")


Just a few. Let's face it, we ALL butcher the Queen's English every day.
We stopped answering to the Queen some years ago. They made a holiday about it and stuff. True story.
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We stopped answering to the Queen some years ago. They made a holiday about it and stuff. True story.
We didn't stop using their language though. Most Americans speak ENGLISH.

True story.
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We didn't stop using their language though. Most Americans speak ENGLISH.

True story.
No this is America ... we speak American.
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The word I hear mispronounced the most is 'chipotle'...
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* Caesar

* Porsche

* Almost ANYTHING with two Ts --> we Americans have a tendency to pronounce them like Ds (i.e. better, butter, etc.)

* For (often pronounced "fur")


Just a few. Let's face it, we ALL butcher the Queen's English every day.
Here in New England, the locals treat the T's as silent T's.
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Here in New England, the locals treat the T's as silent T's.
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across. notice how there is no T at the end
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across. notice how there is no T at the end
How did you do that?
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