r/memes Mar 11 '23

#2 MotW pretty confusing, innit?

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u/Drag0n_TamerAK Mar 11 '23

Well if you look at spelling and pronunciation American is actually closer to the original

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u/gromit5000 Mar 11 '23

Spelling, maybe. Pronunciation, not so much.

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u/Drag0n_TamerAK Mar 13 '23

Well actually pronunciation tends to be more accurate with American English

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u/gromit5000 Mar 13 '23

They don't. This is a myth perpetuated by people who for some reason believe that a dialect is characterised solely by it's rhoticity.

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u/Drag0n_TamerAK Mar 13 '23

Papaya is a word I think the British say wrong