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Originally Posted by wodin
Mine is when someone prononces controversy as "kuhn-trov-er-see" instead of "kon-truh-vur-see".
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Can't say as I've ever encountered that one. AFAIK, the second is the standard American pronunciation.
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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
Linking #29 on the list back to the date/time discussion, yesterday I was told that meetings would be scheduled "fortnightly and antiphase". An American would say we plan to schedule alternating, biweekly meetings. It actually surprises me how many Americans don't know the word "fortnight". For some reason when I hear fortnight it reminds me of reading Shakespeare in high school.
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Is "fortnight" still in common use in the UK? I was under the impression it was archaic, not a cultural signifier.