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Imagine prostrating yourself to Trump in this embarrassing way. Sheesh.

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[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

That's because the h is silent at the beginning of a word in the UK.

An 'istoric

A Historic makes sense if you pronounce the hard H

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Yup, it's just not so obvious when reading text if you're not familiar w/ the accent.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Streuth (struth? 'struth? No idea how to actually write that expression)