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And people who don't read make fun of you for it. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Epitome and Penchant for me. Mocked mercilessly for those two.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah, epitome for me too. It was the epi-tome.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So apparently for the latter you can just claim to be using the american pronunciation https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/penchant

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

All mispronunciations can be defended with linguistic descriptivism. It's usually a pissweak argument though!