Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

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Author: Sean Gibbins
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
Chris Aitken wrote:
>
>     > Sean,
>     >  Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS...

>
>     I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way
>     down on the
>     list of annoyingizations of the language :)

>
> The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to
> pronounce the letter H as Haitch.
>
> All Set.

The use of 'z' instead of 's' - as in Americanization - and also 'zee'
instead of 'zed' while we're at it!

Sean

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