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Anonymous United States No.212444218 [Report] >>212444358 >>212444360 >>212444362 >>212444484 >>212444809 >>212444944 >>212447269 >>212447453
>ESLs don't know how to pronounce forecastle
Anonymous France No.212444292 [Report] >>212444337
For e-castle
Anonymous Latvia No.212444337 [Report]
>>212444292
it's actually pronounced the same as "Opel" (the car brand) in the UK
Anonymous Germany No.212444358 [Report] >>212444397 >>212444415 >>212444452 >>212445195 >>212447367
>>212444218 (OP)
>Americans don't know what a foreskin is
LMAO
Anonymous United Kingdom No.212444360 [Report] >>212444392 >>212444456 >>212444462
>>212444218 (OP)
Or coxswain, or gunwale
Anonymous France No.212444362 [Report]
>>212444218 (OP)
https://voca.ro/1n0XJDmZNs3d
?
Anonymous France No.212444392 [Report] >>212444458
>>212444360
Cocks wan
Gun whale
Anonymous Germany No.212444397 [Report]
>>212444358
kek was going to make a similar joke
Anonymous United Kingdom No.212444415 [Report]
>>212444358
Kek utterly demolished that freak
Anonymous United States No.212444429 [Report]
it's fock-sill
Anonymous United States No.212444452 [Report]
>>212444358
hoisted by my own petard!
Anonymous Greece No.212444456 [Report]
>>212444360
I've read like 7 joseph conrad novels ofc I can
Anonymous United Kingdom No.212444458 [Report] >>212444633
>>212444392
No, it's cocksun and gunnel.
Anonymous Chile No.212444462 [Report] >>212444497
>>212444360
>gunwale
Does it mean American? (gun whale)
Anonymous Greece No.212444484 [Report]
>>212444218 (OP)
Four- cash-l
Anonymous United Kingdom No.212444497 [Report]
>>212444462
Nah it means 'to shoot fat people'
Anonymous Sweden No.212444633 [Report]
>>212444458
>gunnel
i read moby dick wrong
there's gunwhale on every second page
Anonymous United States No.212444674 [Report]
I hate people who use the new spellings of focsle bosun gunnel etc
Anonymous Argentina No.212444809 [Report] >>212444910 >>212447410
>>212444218 (OP)
I pronounced it like "for castel" like a retard
Anonymous Italy No.212444910 [Report] >>212447410
>>212444809
Same but I couldn't care less and I will continue.
The only retarded thing it's the language .
Anonymous United Kingdom No.212444944 [Report]
>>212444218 (OP)
>spelled 'fore castle'
>pronounced 'fowksel'
I am EFL and I am sick of this shit with the English language. It needs standardising NOW
Anonymous United States No.212445012 [Report]
maybe sailors were retarded and couldnt spell
Anonymous Italy No.212445195 [Report]
>>212444358
Demolished
Anonymous Romania No.212447269 [Report]
>>212444218 (OP)
>>ESLs don't know how to pronounce forecastle
Anonymous United States No.212447367 [Report]
>>212444358
rude take it back
Anonymous Philippines No.212447410 [Report]
>>212444809
>>212444910
That's right, butcher their language and never give a fuck. Look at how most english monolinguals use AAVE nowadays, they're completely buckbroken.
Anonymous Germany No.212447453 [Report] >>212447556
>>212444218 (OP)
>hey look my language is retarded and we have completely arbitrary pronunciation “rules”
Anonymous United States No.212447454 [Report]
fo'c·'sle
Anonymous United States No.212447556 [Report]
>>212447453
You want rules to follow because you are a German. But the Anglophone is fundamentally a rugged individualist who takes rules as suggestions rather than immutable laws. You must understand this if you want to speak our language.