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What is the smallest hill you would die on? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Could you elaborate? I'm dumb.

According to my pet peeve, this looks fine? I just scrolled past a meme that said something like "download a ISO" and I was like gah, no, it's AN ISO.

[–] ADTJ@feddit.uk 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Some people pronounce the h and some don't. They're saying it sounds bad to say "an his..."

[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Oh I get it, I guess I never heard it pronounced that way. British maybe?

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 2 points 6 hours ago

I've heard Brits both pronounce and not pronounce the "h", it's wild