There's a debate raging online about the pronunciation of pop punk band Blink-182's name
Now, it always seemed very clear. The numbers are one, eight and two. One, eight, two. 182. Easy.
Not so. Thanks to America's cultural imperialism, we've known for a long time that fans on that side of the big wet pond pronounce it 'Blink One Eighty Two', which is absurd, of course.
However, a writer on The Late Late Show with James Corden recently discovered that we Brits pronounce it 'Blink One Eight Two', which was something of a revelation for folks in America.
https://twitter.com/IanKarmel/status/1064307305267683328
And of course, that sparked a huge discussion, as shocked Americans went up against perplexed Brits. We'll spare you the endless tweets of people saying the same things, but this was the gist of it.
https://twitter.com/ed_perch/status/1064308558462967809
https://twitter.com/IanKarmel/status/1064308794555920384
https://twitter.com/longers1/status/1064309573303992321
Actually, that's kind of the gist of most online arguments. "Here is a thing." "This thing is wrong!" "You are wrong!" "FIGHT ME."
Then we had some turncoat Brits betraying the Queen with their opinions.
https://twitter.com/Mummy2aRockStar/status/1064595752184414212
https://twitter.com/beautifulmeesh/status/1064635298951430144
Then the heavyweights came out. James Corden, host of The Late Late Show with James Corden, jumped in with his thoughts.
https://twitter.com/JKCorden/status/1064404218004439040
THEN Blink-182 singer and bassist Mark Hoppus brought up an important point.
https://twitter.com/markhoppus/status/1064613547458551808
THEN former guitarist and singer Tom DeLonge gave the final word.
https://twitter.com/tomdelonge/status/1064654210602434560
So that's the end of that. Once again, everyone is wrong.
