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minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 months agoAnother good one: gaol = jail. I kept pronouncing it in my head like “gowl”.
minus-squareSereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoAustralian, I flat out refused to ever use ‘gaol’ from the moment I first encountered it in school.
minus-squareSculptor9157@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoBecause prison colony, or …???
Another good one: gaol = jail. I kept pronouncing it in my head like “gowl”.
Australian, I flat out refused to ever use ‘gaol’ from the moment I first encountered it in school.
Because prison colony, or …???
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