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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by loloquwowndueo on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @02:51PM (#47339614)
Typical in Toronto - remember there’s only one T in “Toronto”
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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by madcaptenor on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @03:43PM (#47340274)
There's also only one T in "Atlanta". (For some people there are none.)
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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by brutal_noodle on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @06:50AM (#47423983)
Definitely heard "Alana" in the South. On the West cost right now, got a buddy from West Virginia, and even after 20-30-some-odd-years in California, he still says it like that. Among other things he boomhauers.
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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by madcaptenor on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @04:20PM (#47430920)
I didn't realize "boomhauer" could be verbed.
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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by canucker2016 on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @03:21PM (#47339976)
...and the first o is silent, and the remaining o's are pronounced 'a'.

But the TV news reporters enunciate every letter in Toronto.

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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by FpUser on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @03:13PM (#47339891)
ROFL. I ignore this sacred rule
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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by brutal_noodle on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @06:47AM (#47423961)
'oronto?
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