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>>>>Our monarchy is always an import.
>>>>Before the Germans it was the French with William the conqueror.
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>>>Oh well at least half of your vocabulary is French import.
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>>They seem to take some satisfaction from mispronouncing a lot of the words. For instance, saying filet as "FILL-it."
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>Don't tell them that :o) They are under the impression that they are the only ones who pronounce the language correctly :o)

Correctly depends on where in the country you are standing. Coming from the west country my pronunciation of many word is very different to over here in the east of the country. My rs get a lot more rolled.