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A comment on ISO name change for Türkiye. Parent comment

Re:ISO name change for Türkiye by rndmio on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @04:18PM (#32075100)
> Officially, the Queen's English says this is pronounced "drawing". But most Brits feel compelled to insert an R, "drawRing".

Am British, literally no one I know personally puts an extra R in when pronouncing drawing. I have heard it said that way before but you certainly couldn’t say that “most” Brits do it.

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Re:ISO name change for Türkiye by ncmncm on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @04:30PM (#32075252)
Apparently, "most" of some poorly characterized strata of Brits.

I am amused that your sibling comment insists "drawRing" is correct British pronunciation.

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