[Red Boots]

Hi Rte ! How are you doing? I've enjoyed your grammar comments on this thread, as you obviously learned it well.

My daughter has a new boyfriend from England. He would not believe that the city of Cheyenne was pronounced like it is. He insisted it was Cheney- as in Dick Cheney.

We laughed at him, but he got us back when we were looking at a map of London. We were looking for Leicester square (lie-chester). Turns out it is pronounced Lester. Who knew ?

[Petronski]

Here's one:

Damage from climate change may cost Alaska $10 bln

Bzzzzzzzzzt. Not quite. The author doesn't mean "may" (a sense of permission), but rather "might" (a question of probability).

[Rte66]

I didn’t know that! It’s one of my favorite cheeses and I always call it “lyster” for no reason at all. The cheese ladies never correct me at the store, lol!

Obviously, I have not been ‘cross the pond (yet) in my provincial little life.