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Irish Words For Underwear!

10. November 2007

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I Say Tomato You Say Tomato

25. October 2007

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I once blogged about the difference between the letter Z (here) in the UK and in North America. It was only the tip of the iceberg as far as pronunciations and language differences between these English speaking nations (I should note, out of respect, that Canada actually has two languages… French and English. Oh and [...]

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The Problem With Z

22. July 2007

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Recently the letter Z has been rather annoying me.
I am British and grew up in London but for the last 5 weeks I have been over the pond in the grand old USA.
I have always pronounced Z as Zed but over here it’s called Zee. Why? I should just accept it. I can accept different [...]

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