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minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoMust be read with american pronunciation or it sounds a little racist.
minus-squareLemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoEvery time I get reminded of linguistic racisms stinging out from historical colonialism and modern day anti-immigrant sentiment, I come to the point of cursing those Brit-removeds for pulling this…
minus-squareWIIHAPPYFEW [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoBrits pronounce it “Yawg-urt”, replacing the Y with a W makes it sound like it starts with an antiblack slur
minus-squareRNAi [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-25 months agoStill no clue, Been learning english since kindergarden yet I still don’t know the whole repertoire of yanks racial slurs
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 months agoIt’s w*g. Short for gollyw*g.
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoAmericans pronounce it YO-gurt whereas we pronounce it YOG-urt
Must be read with american pronunciation or it sounds a little racist.
Every time I get reminded of linguistic racisms stinging out from historical colonialism and modern day anti-immigrant sentiment, I come to the point of cursing those Brit-removeds for pulling this…
huh?
Brits pronounce it “Yawg-urt”, replacing the Y with a W makes it sound like it starts with an antiblack slur
Still no clue,
Been learning english since kindergarden yet I still don’t know the whole repertoire of yanks racial slurs
It’s w*g. Short for gollyw*g.
bidenspeech
Americans pronounce it YO-gurt whereas we pronounce it YOG-urt