• Albbi@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    I used to pronounce Persephone like Saxophone (Purse-a-phone) until I played Hades.

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      3 months ago

      I called the Progressive Metal band of the same name like that for like 5 years until I told a friend about them and they did the “hahaha… Wait, what did you call them?” and right then and there my life changed

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      3 months ago

      Sax-o-phie, wow it’s completely unrecognizable as the same word.

      Who needs consistent pronunciation rules anyway?

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    3 months ago

    The Battle of Thermopylae really fucked me up in English Comp. I still feel the embarrassment

    Ther-mop-i-lee

    Not “Thermo-play”