@BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 18 days agoAnd people who don't read make fun of you for it.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up11.12K
arrow-up11.12KimageAnd people who don't read make fun of you for it.lemmy.world@BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 18 days agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-square@Styxia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•17 days agoEpitome and Penchant for me. Mocked mercilessly for those two.
minus-square@ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish7•17 days agoOh yeah, epitome for me too. It was the epi-tome.
minus-square@nodiet@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish2•17 days agoSo apparently for the latter you can just claim to be using the american pronunciation https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/penchant
minus-square@Welt@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglish2•17 days 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!