• HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Fun UK fact - we use a different ranking system for lecturers:

    Lecturer Senior Lecturer Reader Professor

    That means, at some point, someone has been a “Reader in X at Reading”.

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    3 months ago

    To help my American lemmings with pronunciation: Red-ing and Bark-shere.

    It’s a very good university too.

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      3 months ago

      Anglophones have no right to complain about French pronunciation. What the fuck is this shit?

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        3 months ago

        Half the reason our pronunciation is so weird is that a bunch of French guys took over England

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          3 months ago

          It would be so much easier if we had accents over our vowels, like in a lot of languages to indicate which of that vowels sounds was wanted.

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        3 months ago

        Tell me about it English is a bastardised language made up of so many different languages rules. Have you heard of Lee and Perrins Worcestershire sauce? It’s pronounced wuster-shere.

        Great sauce btw, real umami flavour and great on cheese on toast.

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    3 months ago

    There’s also the Reading festival. A common misconception is that it’s a music festival. It’s actually a festival of books.

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    3 months ago

    That took me longer than it should have, as I automatically read Reading as Reading instead of reading. That’s rad.