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louthy
on March 21, 2013
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Box's 65-Year-Old Android Engineer Gives Your Star...
The only American pronunciation that stops me in my tracks is "nitch" for 'niche'. Whereas in the UK we'll pronounce it "neesh".
pessimizer
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Wow. An example where the British chose the French pronunciation and the US is (a bit spottily) tending to Anglicize a word. I never can think of one when I try.
Thanks for that.
arethuza
on March 21, 2013
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Coupé is my favourite - in the UK it is pronounced the French way whereas in the US it seems to be pronounced as "coop".
metageek
on March 21, 2013
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"Neesh" is taught as Correct in the US, though it's not universally used.
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