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XKCD #2819: Pronunciation (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I pronounce the 'u' in 'pronunciation' like in 'putting' but the 'ou' in 'pronounce' like in 'wound'.


Transcript[The word "Tuesday", with each letter labeled by a box with an arrow:] T: As in buffet u: As in minute e: As in record s: As in use d: As in moped a: As in bass y: As in gyro

[Caption below the panel:]
Pet peeve: Ambiguous pronunciation guides


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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

all my troubles seemed so far away?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

or /ɪɛztɛɪaɪ/ depending on whether you treat the final phoneme of moped as /t/ or /d/ -> [t]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep. The ⟨s⟩ in use could also be /s/, I just wrote what first came to mind.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And ⟨e⟩ in record /ɪ/, etc. etc.

this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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