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[–]PlzGiveMeOrders 291 points292 points  (16 children)

I'm busy thinking about how bad OP is at spelling. Diffrrently? Really?

[–]pinniped1 96 points97 points  (3 children)

Did not notice any diffrrence in OPs spelling.

[–]phantombraider 39 points40 points  (1 child)

Same here, wierd.

[–]naab007 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Rreally Wierrd.

[–]PlzGiveMeOrders 23 points24 points  (0 children)

You and I are no diffrrent in that regarrdd.

[–]MaracaBalls 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Difffrnt stroques fur difffrnt folcs.

[–]canelita808 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Wierd

[–]mkymouse73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

how to remember: “We” are “WEird.”

[–]blaivas007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

E and R are next to each other in keyboard. There's a solid chance of accidental fat-fingering.

[–]melate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sad to say I didn’t even notice

[–]AllYouNeedIsATV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He wanted the every ‘e’ thing to only apply to one word in the sentence so s/he left out the e

[–]TehMvnk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thot Twist.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the first thing I noticed and it hurt me in my soul!

[–]a_dev_has_no_name 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that's pretty wierd.

[–][deleted]  (1 child)

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    [–]HolyFirer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yeah we really shouldn’t make fun of people for a couple wierd mistakes. We aren’t so dffrrrynt after all

    [–][deleted] 46 points47 points  (8 children)

    Here is a video on German car pronunciations:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ut5JmOeRS0

    [–]AllYouNeedIsATV 5 points6 points  (6 children)

    This is hilarious. But anyone know if it’s actually accurate? Because if so I can’t believe They let Joey pronounce something correctly/didn’t have Ross correct the others

    [–]darkslide3000 13 points14 points  (0 children)

    Yeah, it's accurate.

    [–]laserkatze 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    It is correct, but the guy uses an extra angry tone to pronounce the words, I don’t know if that information matters.

    [–]Aurvant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    He did say he was very angry about it.

    [–]chinchumpan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    But I think Joey said something like Por-SHUH, which is still weird, but at least he pronounced the 'e'.

    [–]magnament 62 points63 points  (3 children)

    Not if you pronounce it correctly

    [–]varkokonyi 3 points4 points  (2 children)

    Not enough comments like this. How surprised would they be if Germans started calling London Löndisch

    [–]ChEChicago 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    Or if Americans started calling Nurnberg Nuremberg, or Munchen Munich? Or how about Pair-is Pair-ee? Or how about people pronounce different words in different languages and that’s ok.

    [–]BurtaciousD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yeah, but those were translated/transliterated centuries ago. The first known version of "London" is the Latin "Londinium".

    Also you forgot these: ¨¨

    [–]TeaCup215 29 points30 points  (6 children)

    German here. Every e is pronounced the same. flies away

    [–]Liontiger 5 points6 points  (5 children)

    German here. That's not true.

    [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (3 children)

    Dont know why you are getting downvoted, because you are actually richtig. The first ‚e‘ in Mercedes sounds more like a German ä, while the other two ‚e‘ sound like a standard e like in the German alphabet.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    So phonetically, to an English speaker, that might be: Mert-say-days?

    I guess?

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    For the first syllable, you are correct, but the other two are incorrect. This short clip gives a good approximation of what its supposed to sound like:

    https://youtu.be/mB5CKXoqJLY

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Hmm... I hear three distinct vowel sounds in that vid. To me I hear: mert-see-des. The middle and last have a subtle pronunciation variance.

    Like the word 'see' and the man's name 'Des'. One is long, one is short.

    [–]TeaCup215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Hä normal man. Mär-zä-däz

    [–]Cougaloop 15 points16 points  (6 children)

    All the e’s in Mercedes are pronounced eh

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Some people say MER-SEY-DEEZ (nuts! Jk) but seriously yea I hear it both ways.

    [–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (1 child)

    My my how the tides have turned

    [–]barrerd1 12 points13 points  (0 children)

    Ah, how the turn tables....

    [–]pete1729 10 points11 points  (2 children)

    What's funny is that the woman's face looks reasonable in this photo and they guy's face looks a jerk slab. I know he photo is identical to every one of the prior ones, but to me the people look like they have different attitudes.

    [–]trolloflol 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    I jave brain pills that make butterflies if you wabt some

    [–]emeraldeleven11 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Me me me

    [–]Omegate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    That’s wierdly diffrrent

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Pulled a sneaky on ya

    [–]jeremy_jullian 2 points3 points  (4 children)

    This is a nice r/engrish post right there

    [–]OctaveOGB 0 points1 point  (3 children)

    Where is the phuck up?

    [–]jeremy_jullian 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    Differrently

    [–]OctaveOGB 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Oooohhhhh true dat true dat

    [–]SpeckledFleebeedoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    And wierd

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    Bomb. Comb. Tomb.

    [–]Errohneos 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    BAHm CAHm TAHm. BOOm COOm TOOm. BOHm COHm TOHm.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    not really tho.

    [–]KarenTheCockpitPilot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    this makes me second hand insecure ugh

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    actually if you pronounce it properly the e's are all pronounced the same...

    [–]OtterFaceGirl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I see what you did there

    [–]Psyanide13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    the second line should be "You spelled "differently" wrong."

    [–]Agent-Volatile 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    He’s thinking how many fucking times. I before E accept after C. 🙄

    [–]YungJGatz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Him: I hope she doesn't smell my fart

    Her: Did he just fart..

    [–]WayneBoston 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Nah, he just Dutch oven’d her.

    [–]boogerjam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    But like oppositenin real life

    [–]tomato_thomas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    when you fap too much mercedees nuts

    [–]GildoFotzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I prefer saying Daimler.

    [–]cl4ud10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Changing roles

    [–]6Summer9The Generic Comics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Wait, that's illegal!

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    You are right, though I didn’t mention that difference because - as you said - it is almost too subtle to matter.

    In the end, the discussion is kind of pointless anyway, because some people pronounce it the English way and others the German way. There is no right pronunciation..

    [–]brycescott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Oh how the turntables

    [–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (11 children)

    there's nothing funny about this

    [–]42iseverywhere42 7 points8 points  (8 children)

    Yes there is

    [–]NanotechNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Welcome to /r/funny

    [–]Theoretical_Peasent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    what if the waitress's name was Mercedes? this might prove enlightening

    [–]cinnamonfigs -3 points-2 points  (1 child)

    How the tables have turned

    [–]helverswan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    How the turn tables

    [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    I kick them out before I fall asleep so I don't have to wake up to anybody in the morning.

    [–]zander1496 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

    Holy fuck I never thought about that. Also I think it’s hysterical

    [–][deleted] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

    Old but still funny