• Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Hmmm, which one? I’m going to paddle around in my kāy-nō?, or The lava from that vol-ka-ˈnew might cover the village!

  • littlecolt@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    But which one will we be mispronouncing?

    Canoes = kay-noes?

    Volcanoes = vahl cuh noos?

    • stebo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 years ago

      TIL canoes isn’t pronounced kay-noes like volcanoes… English why do you keep bamboozling me 😩

      • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Because English isn’t a language, it’s a goon in a trench-coat that lures other languages into dark alleys and beats them down to steal spare grammar.

        Canoe comes from Caribbean indigenous words through Spanish and Volcano comes from ancient Latin and Roman religion.