PARTLY FACETIOUS: Differences in the way tomato is pronounced
“You say tomaaato the English way and I say tomato the US way.”
“So what? The English spoken in Australia is different from that spoken in these two countries and…and the New Zealand and South African English accent is different.”
“Ah, but Canadian English is the same as spoken in the US.”
“Indeed, which may be why US President Trump wanted to absorb Canada as the fifty-second state.”
“Nationalism trumps common accents.”
“Right, but don’t the Russians point to the Ukrainian government’s mistreatment of........





















Toi Staff
Sabine Sterk
Gideon Levy
Penny S. Tee
Mark Travers Ph.d
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John Nosta
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