Subj : Re: I think we should all be on UTC
To   : 2twisty
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Apr 01 2022 15:29:33

  Re: Re: I think we should all be on UTC
  By: 2twisty to Spectre on Fri Apr 01 2022 04:20 pm

 Sp>> Never hear anyone here run with Tomayto, only foreigners do :) Not
 Sp>> sure 

 2t> toMAYto is standard US english. ToMAHto is standard everywhere else that
 2t> speaks english. 

 2t> We Americans had to find more subtle ways to tell the King to go piss up a
 2t> rope, I guess. 

Recently I saw a screenshot of some PC software (I'm not sure if it was real or photoshopped) that had a list of languages, and next to the UK flag it said "English (traditional)", and next to the US flag it said "English (simplified)".

I think "toMAYto" makes more sense, and is consistent with the pronunciation of "potato".

There's a lot of weirdness in the English language though.  For instance, why does the "oo" in "foot" and "boot" sound different?

Nightfox
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