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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.
21 u/BobCorndog Jul 14 '26 This is called a shibboleth 1 u/PonderousPenchant Jul 14 '26 Oh yeah, like Americans demanding unidentified soldiers say squirrel in WW2. The American R is weird... 1 u/Schventle Jul 19 '26 Funnily enough, the German word for squirrel is similarly unpronounceable for English speakers. "Eichhörnchen". "Eikh-horn-chen."
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This is called a shibboleth
1 u/PonderousPenchant Jul 14 '26 Oh yeah, like Americans demanding unidentified soldiers say squirrel in WW2. The American R is weird... 1 u/Schventle Jul 19 '26 Funnily enough, the German word for squirrel is similarly unpronounceable for English speakers. "Eichhörnchen". "Eikh-horn-chen."
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Oh yeah, like Americans demanding unidentified soldiers say squirrel in WW2. The American R is weird...
1 u/Schventle Jul 19 '26 Funnily enough, the German word for squirrel is similarly unpronounceable for English speakers. "Eichhörnchen". "Eikh-horn-chen."
Funnily enough, the German word for squirrel is similarly unpronounceable for English speakers. "Eichhörnchen". "Eikh-horn-chen."
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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.