Cockalorum t1_je725pt wrote on March 29, 2023 at 9:41 PM

Reply to comment by Im-shy-not-mean in English is such an unreasonable language that spelling is a national sport by eldrolamam

> Kansas and Arkansas pronunciation

Arkansas was part of the Louisiana Purchase, it was originally named by the French. It is a little surprising the Americans still pronounce it how it was originally named, given how everything between Detroit and New Orleans was named by the French, and for the most part Americans can't pronounce any of it.

Cockalorum t1_j28xh1a wrote on December 30, 2022 at 2:36 PM

Reply to comment by zKarp in TIL that footage from the video game Arma 3, a military sandbox game, has been mistaken for actual combat footage and has been used in news reports a number of times due to the realistic nature of the game. by No_Comparison2778

In order to understand recursion, first you must understand recursion

Cockalorum t1_iydpj0n wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:13 PM

Reply to comment by Goat_Wizard_Doom_666 in The Decline of British Blue Collar Stories On Screen: 25 years since NIL BY MOUTH first hit screens, Gary Oldman’s film has become a relic of a time when working-class stories were major cinematic events. What happened? by Bullingdon1973

its surreal.