• AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world
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      I use the same metric and use the English pronunciation of words as an American.l, because they’re correct and we are wrong.

      I’m considered a hipster douche for it.

      Others are correct to say so.

      Al-uuuuu-min-eee-umm

      Yaw-gert

      Tuh-mot-o

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        Aluminum was an either or from the start and it just happened which side of the ocean got which and that they weren’t the same

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          Yeah but what the Brits eventually chose should go.

          The only other option is to bomb the UK into oblivion and change the language’s name to American, and I’m a pacifist, so I’d rather just say it the correct way as the owners dictate without murdering them and declaring the language ours now.

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            You can have different dialects in the same language. American English is a dialect of English that is different from British English.

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              Just like Coca Cola and generic off brand garbage cola!

              They’re equally… pfff… valid soft drinks!