Let's consolidate English and American

[JOGAMIGMOG]

English people seem to be terrible at learning their own language. A girl on TV just said she worked in HR and doesn’t know how to pronounce H correctly ffs

It’s a common error. Even my Mrs mispronounces H. For any lurkers, it’s spelt ‘aitch’ and you pronounce it as it’s written - aitch!

 

[feelymcfeel]

No, let's not.

 

[blueish swede]

OP's batting on a sticky wicket with this one.

 

[Blue Mist]

I had to change how I pronounced my last name because nobody had a clue what I was saying.

And even we don't say courgette. What's next? petit pois instead of pea?
Oh, and, it's a fucking eggplant.

Eggplant !!! I mean just wtf. I've kept chickens and there is no way an egg is going to sprout anything no matter how long its in the ground.

 

[Bill Walker]

What this thread clearly shows is that us brits have moved on. The Yankee doodles on the other hand are firmly stuck in the 1860's.

Except for the Muskets..

 

[lawton mellor]

It's actually footway.

Its a muffin

 

[2smokinberyls smockfrocks]

It’s a common error. Even my Mrs mispronounces H. For any lurkers, it’s spelt ‘aitch’ and you pronounce it as it’s written - aitch!

if you don't know how to pronounce the letter h how can you spell it out letter by letter and know how to pronounce the last one?

 

[Stuuuuuu]

It's a motherfucking WALKway on the SIDE of the road, sidewalk makes perfect sense. Pavement could be the road itself, a patio, basketball court or a sidewalk. Think about it this way, you tell your friend you'll meet him on the pavement at 5:00pm. The poor sonofabitch thinks you mean the middle of the road and gets run over by a car and killed. Now you have a dead friend, how does that make you feel?

Lives will be saved by saying sidewalk.

Roads shall henceforth be known as Middledrives.

 

[Protein Junkie]

Rout or Route ?

 

[buckshot]

Roads shall henceforth be known as Middledrives.