• Awoo [she/her]
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    3 months ago

    Must be read with american pronunciation or it sounds a little racist.

    • Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 months ago

      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...

      • WIIHAPPYFEW [he/him, they/them]
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        3 months ago

        Brits pronounce it “Yawg-urt”, replacing the Y with a W makes it sound like it starts with an antiblack slur

        • RNAi [he/him]
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          3 months ago

          Still no clue,

          Been learning english since kindergarden yet I still don't know the whole repertoire of yanks racial slurs

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        3 months ago

        Americans pronounce it YO-gurt whereas we pronounce it YOG-urt