misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 year agoGermans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approvalwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square88linkfedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down17
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minus-squarewindowsphoneguy@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoMy main gripe with it is people that don’t use a ', but literally any other uptick/accent they can find, as you can see with Rosi`s Bar in the article. Also commonplace is places that sell ‘Crepe’s’
minus-squareVincent@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI was talking about the Dutch pronunciation, so a long vs a short i.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoExact same pronunciation, at least in Northern and Standard.
My main gripe with it is people that don’t use a ', but literally any other uptick/accent they can find, as you can see with Rosi`s Bar in the article. Also commonplace is places that sell ‘Crepe’s’
I was talking about the Dutch pronunciation, so a long vs a short
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.Exact same pronunciation, at least in Northern and Standard.