I respect it when I hear someone clearly attempting a word they've only seen written
I respect it when I hear someone clearly attempting a word they've only seen written
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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".
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