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minus-square@bustrpoindextrlinkEnglish7•1 year agoGerrymandering was named after Elbridge Gerry, but his name is pronounced Gary: https://youtu.be/Rp0Qz19nlG4 Popularity of pronunciation does actually matter, regardless of origin. There are plenty of pronunciations that have changed from the original and are now generally accepted as correct. Here are some examples https://linguisticus.wordpress.com/2014/12/07/10-words-whose-pronunciation-has-changed-over-time/ Anywho, if you have any recommendations for birthday jifts for kids, lemme know
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoNice! Read the related comment by this juy: https://lemmy.world/comment/1832124
Gerrymandering was named after Elbridge Gerry, but his name is pronounced Gary: https://youtu.be/Rp0Qz19nlG4
Popularity of pronunciation does actually matter, regardless of origin.
There are plenty of pronunciations that have changed from the original and are now generally accepted as correct. Here are some examples
https://linguisticus.wordpress.com/2014/12/07/10-words-whose-pronunciation-has-changed-over-time/
Anywho, if you have any recommendations for birthday jifts for kids, lemme know
Nice! Read the related comment by this juy: https://lemmy.world/comment/1832124