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Are there any words that you pronounce in a way that seems weird to most people? (lemm.ee)

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I've always pronounced the word "Southern" to rhyme with howthurn. I know most people say it like "suthurn" instead. I didn't realize that the way I pronounce it is considered weird until recently!

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[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 days ago

Continuing the programming vernacular, I was waiting to checkout at Best Buy in America like a month ago, and all the registers were empty forcing everyone to check out at customer service by the geek squad.

Someone came up behind me and asked if we were in the place to checkout. I replied, "Yes, this is the queue."

Shortly after that, he had the same conversation with the person behind him and also used the word "queue" to which the third person asked if he was British, and the second guy just said he repeated what I said so I had to chime in and say I wasn't British, just a programmer.

[-] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago

It bugs me a bit when people treat acceptable synonyms as foreign just because it's not the word or within the range of words they would've chosen.

I had something similar happen getting off a plane at London Heathrow. I asked airport staff where I could find the restrooms and they replied with a slightly confused look, "do you mean toilet?"

[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago

I thought the Brits used Loo? Toilet feels so crass lol

[-] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

That's exactly what I thought! I figured that if airport/airline staff there were paid as poorly as in the US (with modern cost of living considerations), maybe it's more common than I thought at the time.

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

I don't get it. Are there other pronunciations for queue?

[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Their story is more about the choice of words. In America, we typically call it a "line". In England, it is typically called a "queue".

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