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Is it “Camel-uh” or “Cam-ahl-uh”?

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[-] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

My friend, Americans do not care about how words are pronounced in the original language/location.

[-] tyler@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

Some of us do.

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[-] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Proper nouns are, in fact, words.

Man they really don't teach you guys basic English.

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Proper nouns are names. Birmingham, AL and Birmingham, UK have different pronunciations

[-] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Proper nouns are names.

... Yes? And for the full points, what is a noun?

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

A noun is a part of speech representing an object that can be described.

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