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nifty@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Can you say shibboleth

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Can you say shibboleth

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nifty@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • ProstheticBrain
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    I still can’t get my head around the fact Hegemony isn’t pronounced like Ceremony, “Hedge-eh-moany”.

    I was horrified to find out it’s “heg” like “leg” and “emony” like “lemony”. Such an uncomfortable word to say, it still trips me up every time I say it.

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      Gotta get a petition running to change that, I refuse to believe it isn’t ‘Hedge’ - ‘emony’. Honestly that’s disgusting.

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        I think US citizens say ‘Hedge-emony’ while the british say ‘Hegeh-emony’. At least that’s what google thinks lol.

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          I’m American and literally never heard it pronounced hegehmony. Always hedge.

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            Yep, so that corroborates my comment. If you know someone british they may speak hegehmony.

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              That feels so unnatural!

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            I don’t encounter it often but I seem to be thinking I’ve mostly heard it in the states as, “Huh-jemmuny”

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      TIL…

    • g_the_b@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Sir it is “hej” not “heg”

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      Wait, what? Thanks, I hate it

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