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Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name

From rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name
Date 2026-10-13 00:04 +0000
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On Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:14:03 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 12/10/2026 18:44, rbowman wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:52:46 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> 
>>> They do better if they pronounced it right.
>> 
>> Sorry, your Received Pronunciation carries no weight in this country. A
>> better use of your time would be teaching Yorkies to speak something
>> recognizable as English.
> Yorkies are biscuits - sorry candy. They don't talk much

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Navigators_(film)

Call them what you will but they're unintelligible to someone who learned 
English in New York State rather than York. Loach prides himself with 
using authentic local dialects which is fine as long as subtitles are 
provided.

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WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-11 01:05 -0400
  Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-11 10:27 +0100
    Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-11 17:13 +0000
      Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-10-11 17:34 +0000
        Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-12 00:40 -0400
          Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-12 12:00 +0100
        Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-12 11:52 +0100
          Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-12 17:44 +0000
            Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-12 19:14 +0100
              Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-10-12 22:35 +0000
                Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-13 08:32 +0100
              Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-13 00:04 +0000
                Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-13 08:38 +0100
      Re: WEIRD Pronunciation Of Hurricane Name The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-12 11:52 +0100

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