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rubyfan on Jan 16, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The lost letters of the English alphabet

Ugh, great now I'll never read "Ye Olde" the same way.

JacobAldridge on Jan 16, 2017 [–]

It's fun pronouncing it 'correctly' though. As if English really has a "correctly" of course. And by fun I mean in a smug, self-satisfying way.

rubyfan on Jan 17, 2017 | [–]

Yeah my New Years resolution is to stop being that guy that says "well actually" followed by something smug. I'm certain I've broken this already.

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