The Picard Maneuver to Lemmy Be [email protected] • edit-29 months agoI respect it when I hear someone clearly attempting a word they've only seen writtenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square181fedilinkarrow-up11.33Kcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.33KimageI respect it when I hear someone clearly attempting a word they've only seen writtenlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver to Lemmy Be [email protected] • edit-29 months agomessage-square181fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•9 months agoAs a kid I used to pronounce amoeba as “a-MO-ba” instead of “a-MEE-ba”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•9 months agoI only pronounced that right the first time because I saw it spelt with a œ, which I misread as æ, like encyclopædia. So three cheers for “right for the wrong reason”.
As a kid I used to pronounce amoeba as “a-MO-ba” instead of “a-MEE-ba”.
I only pronounced that right the first time because I saw it spelt with a œ, which I misread as æ, like encyclopædia. So three cheers for “right for the wrong reason”.