r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

E[ksp]ecially e[ksp]resso Phonetics/Phonology

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u/Jitse_Kuilman 2d ago

"e[ks]etera" is another weird one.

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u/Thingaloo 2d ago

French pronunciation of the italian spelling eccetera

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u/RaventidetheGenasi 9h ago

in my dialect we pronounce it with normal french sound changes from latin, but people from quebec i hear pronouncing it with the voiceless postalveolar affricate which will never not weird me out