This is why I will never stop speaking like the gang boss from Cool Hand Luke
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People (women) get visibly angry when I pronounce the names of wine varietals
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It’s always been Kyiv to the Ukrainians. They never pushed me on it or even corrected me, but Ukrainian business contacts showed a clear preference long ago.
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I will not eat the bugs. I will not live in the pod. I will not stop saying Kiev.
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It basically functions as a less subtle way to perform the same function as the Masonic handshake.
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Midwits will say “but that’s how they pronounce it!” Which may be true. But none of us pronounce Paris as “Pah-ree” or Rome as “Roma”. itsalsotiresome.gif
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Pretty sure the French spell it “Paris.” Unforced error there.
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Pak-ee-stahn
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It's simple Frozen Chicken Kiev is eaten by poors
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I’d truthfully not mind it as much if it came across like some natural language progression (ie “Hey the locals pronounce it this way so maybe we oughta too”) But it’s always so dripping in ostentatious “new rule” strutting that I wanna pronounce it the old way just to annoy.

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