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Old 1st April 2019, 03:04 PM
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And sorry, but I'm with Johanna. If you are actually interested in talking about pronunciation variants, learn at least a little about phonetic alphabets. It's just no good trying to muddle your way through with things like hAWt vs hAHt.
I sorta get where she's coming from. It's like those music identification threads where Dopers ask, "What's the song that goes DUM DUM dee-dee da DUM dah DAH"? That kind of thing makes me stabby.

However, I wouldn't stomp into the thread demanding that everyone learn to read music.
And yet somehow sometimes it fucking works. I got an answer in half an hour.

The derp IS good for something, and it's coming up with answers to ungooglable questions.