Whoever the guy is who does all the narration for the Discovery/History/TLC shows he never takes the time to look up how to pronounce things. Slacker.

I’m hearing him butcher “Antikythera” presently. Fffff.

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Benedict Cumberbatch voiced one about penguins in which he failed to pronounce the word "penguin" correctly even once. 🤣

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@fernfren the British seem to take delight in mangling select words- particularly foreign ones. Have you ever heard how they attempt to say “Nicaragua”?

Knee-car-rag-you-uhh… 🤦‍♂️

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sometimes, when no one else is around, i like to pronounce aluminum the british way, out loud for no frickin reason

al YOO men EE um

@fernfren for this particular absurdity you can thank a Brit- Humphrey Davy. He discovers the element and names it. Great. Then he reconsiders the spelling and changes it, introducing mayhem. It’s not merely that they pronounce it differently- they spell it differently as well. 🤦‍♂️

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