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minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·5 months agoI believe that “demon” and “daemon” both share the same pronunciation. “day-mun” is technically incorrect, though still widely accepted.
minus-squarenonfuinoncuro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoarchaeology, orthopaedics, paediatrics, encyclopaedia, etc.
minus-squareBowtiesAreCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·5 months agoThose last 3 aren’t American English
minus-squarenonfuinoncuro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoso? where do you think English came from?
minus-squareaubeynarf@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoEnglish 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.
I believe that “demon” and “daemon” both share the same pronunciation. “day-mun” is technically incorrect, though still widely accepted.
archaeology, orthopaedics, paediatrics, encyclopaedia, etc.
Those last 3 aren’t American English
so? where do you think English came from?
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.