I always want to pronounce the American versions of these words phonetically when I see them.
And what the heck is going on with the US pronunciation of “buoy”? None of those syllables are in that word.
Buo-y
Apparently we have the Dutch to blame for that one, as the verb form is apparently descended from Spanish.
Do it backwards, pronounce the British versions
- Cull our
- Hume our
- Flave our
Check the Declaration of Independence. You’ll find the ‘u’. Noah Webster was a dick.
The Declaration was pre standard. It sure was a political decision to land on another standard than the Bri*ish
And yet they still use king George’s foot as a unit of measurement, curious.
Miles, feet, and inches are all base 12 - just saying.
It would be awesome to have a base-12 number system paired with a base-12 measurement system. It’s just so much nicer to deal with than metric or imperial. So many measurements would become much easier. Take length. You could have the base measurement be equal to a meter, then use 1/3 meter sticks as roughly equivalent to a 1 foot ruler.
A foot is defined as 0,3048 meter. They use the metric system, but with a conversion.
And then became a bloodsoaked colonial power to surpass the previous bloodsoaked colonial power.
