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[-] Chozo@fedia.io 25 points 1 year ago

I believe that "demon" and "daemon" both share the same pronunciation. "day-mun" is technically incorrect, though still widely accepted.

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 year ago

no widely accepted pronounciation is incorrect

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

so it "ur mum" and "yo mama"

[-] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

archaeology, orthopaedics, paediatrics, encyclopaedia, etc.

[-] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Those last 3 aren’t American English

[-] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

so? where do you think English came from?

[-] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

English carries a lot of information in vowels, making it concise.

In this case, it’s natural for English speakers to pronounce words with different meanings differently, to disambiguate them.

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