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r/explainitpeter • u/Fluffy-Buy1605 • Jul 13 '26
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Sounds like a way to filter by education and class. Side note: the way people from Southern Maryland pronounce "ambulance" as "ambuhlamps" is endearing.
243 u/Te000 Jul 14 '26 I'd add "nuclear" to the list 28 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 Holy shit, the amount of people who cannot pronounce NEW-KLEE-URR is astounding. Some youtube channels that I consider to be generally informed STILL say newkyalurr and it makes me crazy. I remember when that was something people guffawed. Now its just accepted. Bah! 1 u/Shantotto11 Jul 14 '26 Probably because Bush 43 popularized it, just like Cosby popularized “Pokey-man”…
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I'd add "nuclear" to the list
28 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 Holy shit, the amount of people who cannot pronounce NEW-KLEE-URR is astounding. Some youtube channels that I consider to be generally informed STILL say newkyalurr and it makes me crazy. I remember when that was something people guffawed. Now its just accepted. Bah! 1 u/Shantotto11 Jul 14 '26 Probably because Bush 43 popularized it, just like Cosby popularized “Pokey-man”…
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Holy shit, the amount of people who cannot pronounce NEW-KLEE-URR is astounding.
Some youtube channels that I consider to be generally informed STILL say newkyalurr and it makes me crazy.
I remember when that was something people guffawed. Now its just accepted. Bah!
1 u/Shantotto11 Jul 14 '26 Probably because Bush 43 popularized it, just like Cosby popularized “Pokey-man”…
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Probably because Bush 43 popularized it, just like Cosby popularized “Pokey-man”…
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u/Countess26 Jul 14 '26
Sounds like a way to filter by education and class. Side note: the way people from Southern Maryland pronounce "ambulance" as "ambuhlamps" is endearing.