Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoHow do you pronounce zebra in your country: zeebra or rhymes with Debra?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-squareHow do you pronounce zebra in your country: zeebra or rhymes with Debra?Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefelsiq@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoExcept Canada, where we only do things halfway and never just pick a side on something like this: we say both “zed” and “zeebra”
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoIn your defense, you have a significant active French community. It’s a bit like during the Norman Conquest when English started absorbing some French - it’s just still ongoing for you!
minus-squarefelsiq@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoThat’s a good point and for language stuff we should prob get a pass, but I NEED people to stop using the fucking imperial system for such a random assortment of shit and just stick to metric lol
Except Canada, where we only do things halfway and never just pick a side on something like this: we say both “zed” and “zeebra”
In your defense, you have a significant active French community.
It’s a bit like during the Norman Conquest when English started absorbing some French - it’s just still ongoing for you!
That’s a good point and for language stuff we should prob get a pass, but I NEED people to stop using the fucking imperial system for such a random assortment of shit and just stick to metric lol