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Also, cockpit theatre 🤣😂 but truly an interesting read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Tis_Pity_She%27s_a_Whore

If you haven’t seen the sopranos, everybody pronounces whore like whoore with sometimes comical emphasis on the “oor”

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[-] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 months ago

That explains the David Bowie song I am more familiar with! I always wondered but never enough to remember to look it up later.

[-] PugJesus@piefed.social 4 points 5 months ago

I came here to mention just that, lmao

[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Tis pity she was a hooah!

[-] _skj@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Words didn't really have prescribed spellings before modern dictionaries standardized things. If the audience could read it, then it was spelled correctly.

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Most middle/early-modern English was written in a more "west country" accent.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 5 months ago

Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?

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