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minus-squarefigjam@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agoI was 12 and believed chaos was ‘cha-os’ because I’d only ever seen it written.
minus-squarenyctre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 hours agoHad a classmate that thought the same. 20 years later, still amused by how funny we thought that was.
minus-squarebiggerbogboy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 hours agoSimilar to me, I used to believe chaos was pronounced ‘caus’
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·1 day agoThat’s probably closer to the original latin than the current English butchery.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 day agoIt’s “kaos” in (“classic”) latin bcs it’s copypasta from Greek. wikipedia/Chaos.ogg
minus-squaredeath_to_carrots@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoWait, what is the current English butchery? Non-native speaker here.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-220 hours agoOh, just in general. English is the cronenburg monster of languages and pronunciation. We will steal your words, pronounce them weirdly, use them wrongly, and claim they’ve always been ours.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-220 hours agoBehold, the original Kronenbourg monster.
I was 12 and believed chaos was ‘cha-os’ because I’d only ever seen it written.
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Had a classmate that thought the same. 20 years later, still amused by how funny we thought that was.
Similar to me, I used to believe chaos was pronounced ‘caus’
That’s probably closer to the original latin than the current English butchery.
It’s “kaos” in (“classic”) latin bcs it’s copypasta from Greek.
wikipedia/Chaos.ogg
Wait, what is the current English butchery? Non-native speaker here.
Oh, just in general. English is the cronenburg monster of languages and pronunciation. We will steal your words, pronounce them weirdly, use them wrongly, and claim they’ve always been ours.
Behold, the original Kronenbourg monster.