Hey, so you probably know about Blink-182, right? They were unavoidable in the early '00s.
They're very well known. Even now, they're the subject of many a meme.
So when comedian Ian Karmel brought up the fact that people in the UK pronounce the band's name completely differently, I was like, "........WHAT."
They say "ONE EIGHT TWO??!!"
Obviously the CORRECT way to say it is "one EIGHTY two," and any American will die on this hill. It's just one "Y," but it's a very IMPORTANT "Y."
Some people out there on UK Twitter are even trying to say that "one eighty two" is never the appropriate way to say "182" under ANY circumstances.
Now, some Brits are saying that they still say "one eighty two," so clearly this isn't an across-the-board thing.
But then James Corden jumped into the fray, attempting to play mediator by saying that everyone is ~technically~ wrong.
And now, the discourse has devolved into jokes. THIS IS SERIOUS, PEOPLE!
You might be wondering, "What do the actual members of the band have to say about this?" WELL, Mark Hoppus has weighed in, and...it appears we're focusing on the wrong thing.
So if anything, let's all agree that the "b" should be lowercase and that Tom DeLonge's verse on "I Miss You" is both iconic and super weird.