• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    11 months ago

    My favorite I had to unlearn was washing maching. Pronounced w-or-shing machine. Like “war shing”. Apparently that’s a Dutch/Midwest mix.

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      11 months ago

      See also: Drinking melk instead of milk, and adjusting the antanna to get better radio reception.