CaptainMcMonkey@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-210 months agoWarship is pronounced like worship, but worship is not pronounced like warship.message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1-14arrow-down1message-squareWarship is pronounced like worship, but worship is not pronounced like warship.CaptainMcMonkey@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-210 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCaptainMcMonkey@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·10 months agoAnything to do with ‘r’s is a bit contentious. Like America still uses ‘r’s how they’re written. Now the British are like “Goodness me, you still pronounce the ‘r’ in cah and fah? How uncouth, we’ve moved those pesky ‘r’s to other words ages ago”. “Moved to where?” “Any word ending in the lettah ‘a’ I suppose.”
Anything to do with ‘r’s is a bit contentious. Like America still uses ‘r’s how they’re written.
Now the British are like “Goodness me, you still pronounce the ‘r’ in cah and fah? How uncouth, we’ve moved those pesky ‘r’s to other words ages ago”.
“Moved to where?”
“Any word ending in the lettah ‘a’ I suppose.”