$$$$… even the counterfeits?
Mr Featherstonehaugh and Mrs Cholmondely have entered the chat…
Maybe I’ll invite them to visit me in Etobicoke.
Wouldn’t an English person say DEVonshur?
Yup. I put the emPHAsis on the wrong sylAble.
Whenever I encounter a UK place name I figure is not phonetically pronounced, I always say, “It must be pronounced ‘chumley.’”
ETA:
Dunno why, but none of my UK online buddies found this amusing.
Those same engineers could be diverted to focus on issues that actually NEED solving rather than bullshit projects for rich assholes.
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Cybertruck Owner’s Manual Says Its Hitch Is Only Designed To Support Vertical Loads Up To 160 Pounds
(Don’t tell @FGD135 how they pronounce Schoenherr Road!)
Nvm, too late!
It takes three steps to get out of a stricken Cybertruck from the rear seats.
Three steps too much. The first bad step involved getting into that thing.
Don’t even ask. We Yankistanis are quite mad in some regards, esp our so-called pronunciation of many foreign words and names.