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		germandiago 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why English doesn't use accents Hahaha. I was not aware of that one. Yes, looks like undecipherable.

stockresearcher 8 months ago | [–]

A lot of nautical terms have unusual pronunciations. English sailors primarily came from coastal regions, and were very happy to have a lingo that was incomprehensible to the landsman. All of this carried over to North America as well.

throaway955 8 months ago | [–]

its just elision. "four-cassle" vs "fo'k'sul."

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