fiatjaf on Nostr: Why do English speakers waste so much time on these pronunciation quibbles? English ...

Why do English speakers waste so much time on these pronunciation quibbles? English must be a uniquely stupid language.

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I have a terrible problem. It's NAWstr, (not NO-str) HAWdl, (not HOE-dl) Gif (not jif) and PUH-CON. (not Pee-can)
But I call GreatGhee (nprofile…jdzt) the Butter man already, so oshi (nprofile…z3ce) should be the PEE-CAN Man. But... It's.... puh-con....