BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoAnd people who don't read make fun of you for it.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down120
arrow-up11.09Karrow-down1external-linkAnd people who don't read make fun of you for it.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square166fedilink
minus-squareStyxia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoEpitome and Penchant for me. Mocked mercilessly for those two.
minus-squareObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoOh yeah, epitome for me too. It was the epi-tome.
minus-squarenodiet@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoSo apparently for the latter you can just claim to be using the american pronunciation https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/penchant
minus-squareWelt@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoAll mispronunciations can be defended with linguistic descriptivism. It’s usually a pissweak argument though!
Epitome and Penchant for me. Mocked mercilessly for those two.
Oh yeah, epitome for me too. It was the epi-tome.
So apparently for the latter you can just claim to be using the american pronunciation https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/penchant
All mispronunciations can be defended with linguistic descriptivism. It’s usually a pissweak argument though!