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No Such Thing As A Fish

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The American Accent Is the Way We Speak English

We used to speak rhotic english, didn't we? The way americans speak is the way er is. We wont prenounce our ars, and that's wrong,. And that's because spelling hasn't kept up with the way we speak. This is the biggest contentions. I have a messed up accent. People listening to our show say, why are you saying covent garden like i get so much it for my accident?" There's a child who listens to our podcasts there. Thery, four years old. Yet thret four years ago she was crying in her bed at 4am after hearing us talk about wilfrid pickles. But still, yes,

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