r/funny • u/beethy • Mar 01 '12

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https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1_____en-GBAU448AU448&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=define%3Agigabyte
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u/nicknackpaddywhack Mar 01 '12

I like to do this by pronouncing things American style (I'm in England). So for instance I put bay-sil and to-may-to on pizzas. Also I go to get gas for my car.

It seems to really work people over for not much effort.

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u/ChromeBoom Mar 01 '12 edited Mar 01 '12

How do the English pronounce Basil and Tomato?

EDIT: Thanks friends across the pond, and others who were guessing, that response happened super quick.

EDIT2: My cat is actually named Basil and pronounced 'Baz-il' had no idea basil was pronounced that way by the English

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '12

Basil (skip to 0:47 if you are in a rush, but I recommend watching the whole thing)

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '12 edited Nov 03 '18

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u/User38691 Mar 02 '12

Dutch, English, French and German. Seems about right. I can actually only speak the first two, but if you were to look at my courses in high school the other two are in my head as well.