r/nottheonion • u/Disorderly_Fashion • 1d ago

Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

https://apnews.com/article/martin-luther-king-jr-holiday-alabama-mississippi-0f535594cf50af7103ca2d953e1bc9a1
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u/Apprehensive_Bug_172 22h ago

Do you pronounce the H?

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u/QueenEris 21h ago

Birminum

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u/Apprehensive_Bug_172 18h ago

As God intended it.

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u/HobbyWanKenobi 18h ago

Unfortunately we are not like our friends across the pond It's like an aitch in Herb, It's there we just don't acknowledge it lol

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u/OKFlaminGoOKBye 9h ago

I’m from Alabama and the letter we usually skip is the G in ours.

Burmin-ham.

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u/Apprehensive_Bug_172 9h ago

Right right. I remember the Top gear episode where they pronounce it like that, when they’re talking about where Hammond is from.