the worst one is "reconnoiter"
americans need to decide once and for all whether im supposed to pronounce french words correctly or not when im speaking american
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Replying to @ManishEarth
On the flip side, I think we consistently pronounce Dutch origin words incorrectly. If I lived in Southern California, I might have fun saying Van Nuys correctly. On the other hand, I'm from near Philadelphia, and I'm not sure I can say the Dutch pronunciation of Schuylkill.

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