From: geoff@geoffwood.org   
      
   On 11/07/2024 3:51 pm, ~misfit~ wrote:   
   > On 11/07/2024 1:19 am, Yazoo wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:03:23 -0000 (UTC), Mark    
   >> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> [ Well off-topic... ]   
   >>>   
   >>> As someone who has spent some years studying Spanish (with some   
   >>> reasonable French from my schooldays) I'll offer a /small/ crumb of   
   >>> comfort in defence of English...   
   >   
   > As a member of the last UK generation to have gone to a Grammar School   
   > (11+ anyone?) I'm trying to be more Zen about American 'English' but   
   > it's a struggle. Especially as a huge number of non-English speakers are   
   > learning 'English' from American media content.   
   >   
   > I get that France was instrumental in them winning their war of   
   > independence (and giving them a bloody great big statue to remind them   
   > of the fact) so I understand why they pronounce 'filet' as they do. But   
   > then they end 'tourniquet' with a hard T? Seriously. And don't get me   
   > started on 'solder'! It's not like they can't pronounce 'colder' of   
   > 'folder'...   
   >   
      
      
   Hey man, get over it already !   
      
   geoff   
      
   PS - Yes, it needs a twitch in the time-space continuum.   
      
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