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[kstenerud]

And yet you say "alf" instead of "half".

[untog → kstenerud]

Ha. I think it's actually impossible to generalise about British accents because there are too many of them. I definitely pronounce the H in half, though I'll agree that many don't.

[louthy → kstenerud]

The only American pronunciation that stops me in my tracks is "nitch" for 'niche'. Whereas in the UK we'll pronounce it "neesh".

[pessimizer → louthy]

Wow. An example where the British chose the French pronunciation and the US is (a bit spottily) tending to Anglicize a word. I never can think of one when I try.

Thanks for that.

[arethuza → louthy]

Coupé is my favourite - in the UK it is pronounced the French way whereas in the US it seems to be pronounced as "coop".

[metageek → louthy]

"Neesh" is taught as Correct in the US, though it's not universally used.

[derleth → kstenerud]

And "Bri'ish" because replacing a 't' with a glottal stop is a perfectly reasonable thing to do.

[hcho → derleth]

Again, which British. We have more accents than you have states.

[beachstartup → hcho]

we have more accents than we have states too.