Amazing displays of ignoranceSandettie Light Vessel Automatic tells us: "My dad's friend told us there's no such thing as gravity - it's just the weight of air holding us down". Tell us of times you've been floored by abject stupidity. "Whenever I read the Daily Express" is not a valid answer.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 16:48)
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Most Americans do that all the time.I always find it hard to work out how Americans pronounce their surnames. As an example, I'm fairly sure that the ancestors of the Wakowski* brothers pronounced their name Vakovski (or Vakovska or Vakowsi as appropriate).
At least when I see a Slavic name and the person is from Eastern Europe I know I'll struggle to pronounce it correctly.
Same goes for German, Freanch and even English names in the US -- they even deliberately mis-pronounce Iran and Iraq.
*probably showing my own ignorance here in not spelling their name correctly.
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