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16. I've heard him pronounce "airplane" as "aeroplane,"

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:23 AM

8 hrs ago

and always assumed it was something he picked up unconsciously from his Scottish mum.

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Who uses 'whilst ' in America [View all] dalton99a 11 hrs ago OP

Some young intern trying to look educated leftstreet 11 hrs ago #2

Yeah, and the Random Capitalization is a bit overdone William Seger 1 hr ago #18

I've heard him pronounce "airplane" as "aeroplane," Tanuki 8 hrs ago #16

AI co-author. OC375 10 hrs ago #4

covfefe - that's it. NewHendoLib 10 hrs ago #5

Are you saying he picked up a new word (for him)?? Jack Valentino 10 hrs ago #7

I sometimes do, but I'm pretentious at times (n/t) Retrograde 9 hrs ago #8

Several of my friends and i do occassionally. mwmisses4289 9 hrs ago #9

I do, but I doubt he does obamanut2012 8 hrs ago #11

I want a list of all those other fights. Oh, wait a minute. Teddy niyad 8 hrs ago #12

Of course not. It's a British term, IIRC. I'm not British. CTyankee 8 hrs ago #13

But there are many words in common usage in American english that niyad 8 hrs ago #15

It depends on what I am writing, or with whom I am speaking. niyad 8 hrs ago #14

Glorification of violence William Seger 1 hr ago #19

The Captain SocialDemocrat61 1 hr ago #20

I'll try. Trump shat himself whilst posting this nonsense. Swede 1 hr ago #21

!!! niyad 1 hr ago #22

Well played, Swede! COL Mustard 1 hr ago #24