Gregory's Server@gsuberland @jonty or midlanders
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 @gsuberland @CatherineFlick @jonty some people in London/Essex do pronounce three/free in a similar way, certainly enough to confuse systems like what3words...  @vfrmedia @CatherineFlick @VoronoV @jonty @gsuberland @vfrmedia @gsuberland @CatherineFlick @jonty indeed, here is an otherwise worthy local charity whose name I find absolutely infuriating (which presumably only goes to illustrate my prejudices) https://3food4u.org/  @gsuberland @jonty my kid and all his friends do, maybe it’s a Leicester thing ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜  @ninkosan @CatherineFlick @gsuberland @jonty there's a right side?? (😜I get away with it as I'm a Brummie) @gsuberland @CatherineFlick @jonty I wouldn't generalize it to the whole Midlands, but my wife did most of her growing up in Shropshire and she genuinely cannot distinguish the sounds "f" and "th", either when speaking or when listening |
@CatherineFlick @jonty I'm from the midlands and I don't say "free" for 3, and I don't know anyone else that does. seems to be a weird stereotype, like that we say "hospicle" (it's "hospi'ul", with a glottal stop, not a hard C sound)