random language factoid

[deird1]

Reading kids books has made me notice something about US English that otherwise wouldn’t have occurred to me.

Namely: you guys pronounce “squirrel” and “toward” as though they have one syllable, not two.

(The rhymes in kids books have a very weird scansion if I read them in my accent.)

Comments

[vass]

1. I'm not a Brit. But go ahead and assume that there are only two Anglophone countries in the world.
2. I wasn't judging you. All I said was that sometimes it throws me, not that it's bad or wrong. I assumed America got this from France because I know there's a history there where you get some spellings and other cultural artifacts from France, and I think that's interesting. Languages change, it happens.
3. I am not collectively and severally every other person who has judged you and will not answer for them.
4. Do you know how many times Americans have judged, mocked, marked as "wrong" or otherwise reacted negatively to people with my accent, spelling, slang, etc?
5. THREE edits? Really?
6. Why are seppos the most sensitive people on the goddamn planet?
7. Fuck off.