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Y'all is an American word and it's also an Olde English one so hitch up your insecure britches, UK

It is actually directly larded from Scots apparently which makes it all the more odd that very very proud Scotsmen would attack me over the usage

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8eabc0f1... 2y ago

nostr:npub1w7gmqpm65asdlse8up7s0fnurd24faygshgqtwxajn0c3wke7tgqa88jxl or how the US pronunciation of LOOtenant is much closer to the original French than the English (Canadian, etc.) LEFFtenant. nostr:npub1jcndd6ht0dvq7l9mn4fx4ax40szxdylxxl9nypplflueecvng8sszl0xst

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4d0391c4... 2y ago

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Appalachia has families of people who speak unchanged 17th century dialects. They are fuckin incomprehensible to us now lol

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MikeZilla Minus One 2y ago

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i've always wondered how the british get LEFFtenant from lieu

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