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minus-squaredariusj18@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·1 year agoStart each word and then decide it’s not worth the effort and trail off
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoSee also English place names. “Scrumbwickshireford has been continuously inhabited since the reign of Æthelred the Unready, and people could not be arsed at a rate of one letter per generation. Hence its modern pronunciation: Sheffield.”
Start each word and then decide it’s not worth the effort and trail off
See also English place names.
“Scrumbwickshireford has been continuously inhabited since the reign of Æthelred the Unready, and people could not be arsed at a rate of one letter per generation. Hence its modern pronunciation: Sheffield.”