Sunday, October 25, 2009 8:06:05 PM
'Yoeri I think your theory is wrong. Well Kees isn`t even pronounced like "keys" it`s more like "case", so why would it become yankees?`
O_O. You dont say potatoe as potarto, regardless of the catchy song T-T
British say pronounce it yankees, so, theres your words smushed into a mucky beverage :(
Sunday, October 25, 2009 7:24:48 PM
emily1991, probably because the english speakers are notorious for prouncing foreign words the way they think they "should" be pronounced rather than trying to pronounce them the proper way?