Author: Philip Stubbs Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
2009/10/28 Sean Gibbins <sean@???>: > Chris Aitken wrote:
>>
>> > Sean,
>> > Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS...
>>
>> I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way
>> down on the
>> list of annoyingizations of the language :)
>>
>> The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to
>> pronounce the letter H as Haitch.
>>
>> All Set.
>
> The use of 'z' instead of 's' - as in Americanization - and also 'zee'
> instead of 'zed' while we're at it!
>
