2026-09-26 17:06 UTC
…except after “c” or when sounding like “ay”, as in neighbor or weigh
Neighbor
Eight
Beige
Sleigh
Follow the rule
Replies (9)
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@icanbrewmushrooms@lemmy.world 2026-09-26 17:16
How do you pronounce ‘received’? (Or foreign, for that matter…)
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@jonathan7luke@lemmy.zip 2026-09-26 17:19
… and you’ll always be wrong no matter what you say!
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@its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-09-26 17:20
or when sounding like “ay”, as in neighbor or weigh And on weekends and holidays and all throughout may. You’ll always be wrong no matter what you say!
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@UncleArthur@lemmy.world 2026-09-26 17:29
The phrase I learned was “except after ‘c’ but only if the sound is ‘ee’”. Mostly also works.
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@otacon239@lemmy.world 2026-09-26 18:01
Whatever Keith
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@spizzat2@lemmy.zip 2026-09-26 18:08
I’m seizing this!
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@atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2026-09-26 19:28
That’s not very scientific…
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@WolvenSpectre@lemmy.ca 2026-09-27 06:58
You must pronounce Foreign in a strange way.
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@Screamium@lemmy.world 2026-09-27 14:32
“Science”