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azurelunatic) wrote2014-09-15 11:41 am
azurelunatic) wrote2014-09-15 11:41 am
A thing to consider not doing around me
There is a thing that sometimes people do, to be funny or for emphasis or whatever. It is the thing where they substitute the letter L for R in words, such as "VICTOLY" for "VICTORY".
There are many possible places and reasons to have picked up doing this, including the ever-popular "somebody I know was doing it and it seemed like fun".
The roots of this substitution is making fun of people with no distinction between R/L sounds, which is common when people whose first language is Chinese learn to speak English.
Which is why I cringe every time I encounter it, and would prefer that people not do this around me.
There are many possible places and reasons to have picked up doing this, including the ever-popular "somebody I know was doing it and it seemed like fun".
The roots of this substitution is making fun of people with no distinction between R/L sounds, which is common when people whose first language is Chinese learn to speak English.
Which is why I cringe every time I encounter it, and would prefer that people not do this around me.
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