Hmmmm, do you mean the "epi" part in epi-to-me and epi-taph? Things change when there are extra syllables.
Hmmmm, do you mean the "epi" part in epi-to-me and epi-taph? Things change when there are extra syllables.
Kinda? I always want to pronounce it "Epi-tome" just looking just looking at it!
I know it's not right... But epi-taph, epi-tome.
Makes sense to me....
Kinda? I always want to pronounce it "Epi-tome" just looking just looking at it!
I know it's not right... But epi-taph, epi-tome.
Makes sense to me....
The good news is that nowadays people are fairly illiterate and they probably couldn't say for certain that you're pronouncing it incorrectly.
The good news is that nowadays people are fairly illiterate and they probably couldn't say for certain that you're pronouncing it incorrectly.
Think it was George Carlin, but the old "Think of the most average person you know, and remember that half of everyone is dumber than them" shtick is just getting more depressing the older I get.
That, and the ignorance of history. Sheesh... The Gulag Archipelago shouldn't be the footnote in history it is.
Think it was George Carlin, but the old "Think of the most average person you know, and remember that half of everyone is dumber than them" shtick is just getting more depressing the older I get.
That, and the ignorance of history. Sheesh... The Gulag Archipelago shouldn't be the footnote in history it is.
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