Timeline for Where did the third syllable of the letter W in WD-40 go?
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| Mar 29, 2022 at 20:46 | comment | added | Aaron F | @Cascabel_StandWithUkraine classic! :-D When I first moved to Spain I was surprised to hear that they called the band "The Rolling Stones" Los Rolling :-) | |
| Mar 29, 2022 at 20:45 | comment | added | Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ | Absolutely...I used to work at an Institute called "British Language Centre"...but everyone in Guate called it "the British"...I think your mention of "below the latitude" was observant | |
| Mar 29, 2022 at 20:40 | comment | added | Aaron F | @Cascabel_StandWithUkraine that's interesting, I didn't know that (I'm not surprised though, as Spanish speakers south of about 39° north tend to cut off the ends of words when speaking ;-) ) Similarly, in British English, a slang name for that car was "Beamer", which confused me when I first heard it because there used to be a British car company called "BMA". | |
| Mar 29, 2022 at 20:01 | comment | added | Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ | This is possibly regional. Here in Central America we call that car a "Bay Emmy"...I am not putting the IPA coz it looks like you are not familiar with it. | |
| Mar 23, 2022 at 17:26 | history | answered | Aaron F | CC BY-SA 4.0 |