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Re:English has been my pain for 15 years (2013) by ziotom78 on Saturday November 28, 2015 @05:32PM (#10642775)
Another example:

* I read this book whenever I feel lonely.

* I read this book many years ago

A friend of mine coming from Scotland once told me that he phoned Twinings (the English tea maker) in order to understand how to pronounce it ("twain..." or "twin...").

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Re:English has been my pain for 15 years (2013) by Al-Khwarizmi on Saturday November 28, 2015 @06:40PM (#10643025)
So, don't make us go to sleep without knowing how to actually pronounce Twinings! I have no idea and now want to know.
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Re:English has been my pain for 15 years (2013) by vacri on Saturday November 28, 2015 @06:52PM (#10643062)
Twine-ings. As in twine/string. Rhymes with wine. The 'ings' is pretty standard, like in 'things'.

Twinings is a name, though - and all bets are off when it comes to name pronunciation.

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