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"How do you pronounce Mary/merry/marry?" (media.piefed.world)
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[โ€“] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

US English is , in some cases, more conservative than British English. A lot of words in the us were used by those from the UK that came. But later fell out of fashion in the UK

[โ€“] huppakee@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

Even more unpopular opinion: British royals should hire Americans to relearn those unfashionable words lol