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I'd call you a pronunciation Nazi for that, but... Larry Send a noteboard - 05/03/2017 11:18:13 PM

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Seriously. We're talking "I need to punch people in the face when they say them" levels of awful.

Considering how badly the English butcher that word...

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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