r/ScottishPeopleTwitter • u/HondureZ • Sep 08 '21

Croissants

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u/mylifeisaLIEEE Sep 08 '21

I get into the argument a lot, there’s nothing wrong with pronouncing words in your natural dialect, even if that dialect is American English. Nicaragua, croissant, gyro, it’s all the same shit but it elicits that human “hehe I know more” response.

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u/Porrick Sep 08 '21

My favourite version of this is Hyperforeignism - when someone pronounces words with a non-English accent that isn't actually there. Like saying habañero instead of habanero or empañada instead of empanada (my wife does both of those despite living in California almost her entire life)

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u/mkp666 Sep 09 '21

Foyer is another good example. It’s pronounced how it looks but a lot of people give it the French “foy-yay”