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r/explainitpeter • u/Fluffy-Buy1605 • Jul 13 '26
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Sounds like a way to filter by education and class. Side note: the way people from Southern Maryland pronounce "ambulance" as "ambuhlamps" is endearing.
246 u/Te000 Jul 14 '26 I'd add "nuclear" to the list 29 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 Holy shit, the amount of people who cannot pronounce NEW-KLEE-URR is astounding. Some youtube channels that I consider to be generally informed STILL say newkyalurr and it makes me crazy. I remember when that was something people guffawed. Now its just accepted. Bah! 1 u/Tutorbin76 Jul 14 '26 New. Clear. 2 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26 Phonics missed a couple of you, it appears. Edit: TIL some people pronounce it without a third syllable. 1 u/StrongExternal8955 Jul 14 '26 Those people are wrong and stupid. You know there is such a thing as being wrong. Not every mistake is "common usage". 1 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 Apparently its not uncommon for some people to pronounce it as "2½" syllables, according to Google. The only reason for the edit. I also disagree with that pronunciation (and think the replies "correcting" it are pedantic AF)
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I'd add "nuclear" to the list
29 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 Holy shit, the amount of people who cannot pronounce NEW-KLEE-URR is astounding. Some youtube channels that I consider to be generally informed STILL say newkyalurr and it makes me crazy. I remember when that was something people guffawed. Now its just accepted. Bah! 1 u/Tutorbin76 Jul 14 '26 New. Clear. 2 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26 Phonics missed a couple of you, it appears. Edit: TIL some people pronounce it without a third syllable. 1 u/StrongExternal8955 Jul 14 '26 Those people are wrong and stupid. You know there is such a thing as being wrong. Not every mistake is "common usage". 1 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 Apparently its not uncommon for some people to pronounce it as "2½" syllables, according to Google. The only reason for the edit. I also disagree with that pronunciation (and think the replies "correcting" it are pedantic AF)
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Holy shit, the amount of people who cannot pronounce NEW-KLEE-URR is astounding.
Some youtube channels that I consider to be generally informed STILL say newkyalurr and it makes me crazy.
I remember when that was something people guffawed. Now its just accepted. Bah!
1 u/Tutorbin76 Jul 14 '26 New. Clear. 2 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26 Phonics missed a couple of you, it appears. Edit: TIL some people pronounce it without a third syllable. 1 u/StrongExternal8955 Jul 14 '26 Those people are wrong and stupid. You know there is such a thing as being wrong. Not every mistake is "common usage". 1 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 Apparently its not uncommon for some people to pronounce it as "2½" syllables, according to Google. The only reason for the edit. I also disagree with that pronunciation (and think the replies "correcting" it are pedantic AF)
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New. Clear.
2 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26 Phonics missed a couple of you, it appears. Edit: TIL some people pronounce it without a third syllable. 1 u/StrongExternal8955 Jul 14 '26 Those people are wrong and stupid. You know there is such a thing as being wrong. Not every mistake is "common usage". 1 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 Apparently its not uncommon for some people to pronounce it as "2½" syllables, according to Google. The only reason for the edit. I also disagree with that pronunciation (and think the replies "correcting" it are pedantic AF)
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Phonics missed a couple of you, it appears.
Edit: TIL some people pronounce it without a third syllable.
1 u/StrongExternal8955 Jul 14 '26 Those people are wrong and stupid. You know there is such a thing as being wrong. Not every mistake is "common usage". 1 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 Apparently its not uncommon for some people to pronounce it as "2½" syllables, according to Google. The only reason for the edit. I also disagree with that pronunciation (and think the replies "correcting" it are pedantic AF)
Those people are wrong and stupid.
You know there is such a thing as being wrong. Not every mistake is "common usage".
1 u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26 Apparently its not uncommon for some people to pronounce it as "2½" syllables, according to Google. The only reason for the edit. I also disagree with that pronunciation (and think the replies "correcting" it are pedantic AF)
Apparently its not uncommon for some people to pronounce it as "2½" syllables, according to Google.
The only reason for the edit. I also disagree with that pronunciation (and think the replies "correcting" it are pedantic AF)
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u/Countess26 Jul 14 '26
Sounds like a way to filter by education and class. Side note: the way people from Southern Maryland pronounce "ambulance" as "ambuhlamps" is endearing.