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Are there any words that you pronounce in a way that seems weird to most people? (lemm.ee)

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I've always pronounced the word "Southern" to rhyme with howthurn. I know most people say it like "suthurn" instead. I didn't realize that the way I pronounce it is considered weird until recently!

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[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

Bona fide. It's latin, you say it Bow-nah Fee-day.

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Et cetera is similarly "et ketera", unless you're using Italianate ecclesiastical pronunciation. Then it's "et chetera", hard ch like church in English.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

Nice ! have you studied Latin ? I studied very shortly but my interest piqued only after that brief period

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Only bit at uni and that was over two decades ago. I only use what I learned to produce technically correct yet insufferable Latin pronunciations to lovingly harass friends and family.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

haaaahh we're the same breed. cheers

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