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Why do Americans say 'bay-zle' and the English say 'baa-zle'?

  • Written by Christine Mallinson, Professor of Language, Literacy and Culture and Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Depending on where you're from, you say words like 'basil' a specific way.Leonie Broekstra/Shutterstock.com

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