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I got something marked FRAGILE today


From FedEx. 🤠

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I think people are missing the fact that on the box it says "Ragile" The F is kind of 3/4 off.

The old man thinks "Ragile" is Italian

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Indeed

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Somehow I always heard it, "Frajeelee."

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I've always been confused. It's written "ragile" (because the stencil was off center) but I swear he's saying "fra-gee-lay".

It would make more sense for the Old Man to say "ragile" because his wife corrects him (although she could correct him with either pronunciation).



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He is definitely, without any doubt, saying "Frajeelay". The "F" can be very clearly heard every time.

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He's saying the F. He knows it says Fragile, just doesn't know how to pronounce it.

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