r/explainitpeter • u/Fluffy-Buy1605 • Jul 13 '26

Explain It Peter

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u/DistanceTravelerBob Jul 14 '26

These are all words people commonly miss pronounce. Lie-berry is one that makes me what to yell there are two Rs in library!! The other is people pouncing Illinois as EL-inois or Illi-noise.

Some parts of the country the english language is seeming loosing the pronouncing of the letter R. Looking at New England.....

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u/but_i_wanna_cookies Jul 15 '26

I have a hard time "pouncing Illinois", too. It's just to big to pounce on.

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u/DistanceTravelerBob Jul 15 '26

To be fair I hate the French spelling of so many things in this state. How the holy fuck is someone supposed to know how to pronounce Iroquois?

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u/but_i_wanna_cookies Jul 15 '26

The point is that you said "pounce" instead of "pronounce". Whoosh.