oooh, when I near "bable" when I've heard it from the horse's mouth, aka @sebmck, that it's "bab-el"…it stands out pretty bad now!
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Replying to @rvagg
@rvagg The way I (and many others) pronounce it is actually closer to the original Latin one.@jaffathecake@hichaelmart@rem@kingstontime1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sebmck
@sebmck@rvagg@jaffathecake@rem@kingstontime Sure, but it's always been bay-bel in the UK/Aus/etc http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/babel …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @hichaelmart
@hichaelmart I've met a lot of Americans and Australians that pronounce it the same way i do.@rvagg@jaffathecake@rem@kingstontime1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sebmck
@hichaelmart Pronunciation apparently isn't as clear cut as country-to-country. Oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯@rvagg@jaffathecake@rem@kingstontime1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sebmck
@sebmck unless it's the Queen's English, it doesn't count! (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻@hichaelmart@rvagg@jaffathecake@kingstontime2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@rem I speak in Bogan Australian so I'm not really the biggest champion for British English @hichaelmart @rvagg @jaffathecake @kingstontime
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