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[-] derekabutton@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Debunked? Its a counterpoint to the fact that it's pronounced that way because it's spelled with a g. If that poor argument wasn't used, the giraffe one wouldn't have to come up. It's not evidence of anything other than that letters can be pronounced in more than one way.

For the graphical thing, imagine pronouncing NASA wrong because of the way aeronautical is pronounce. Or underwater in scuba. World in WHO? The I in AIDS isn't pronounced anything like immunodeficiency.

Your argument doesn't work either.

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

Thank you for providing me all new ways to pronounce things in horribly cursed ways, magic internet man.

[-] HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Also "laser" as lah-seer

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 months ago

The argument holds up.

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