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BonesOfTheMoon @lemmy.world

11mo ago

Makes my teeth hurt.

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I used to pronounce Persephone like Saxophone (Purse-a-phone) until I played Hades.
- Hayds
- 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
- Sax-o-phie, wow it's completely unrecognizable as the same word.
  Who needs consistent pronunciation rules anyway?

Like getting kicked in the testicles.
- Testikles was lowkey one of the best characters in Odyssey. It's an absolute shame that that large, greased man wasn't used more throughout the game.
- This testicles guy's really got a pair huh?

Sax-of-phony sounds a bit like cacophony, so it sort of fits. A potential future eggcorn.

The Battle of Thermopylae really fucked me up in English Comp. I still feel the embarrassment
Ther-mop-i-lee
Not "Thermo-play"

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