Klingons are so wholesome
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[–] 9 points 10 months ago (4 children)
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    Nah, this is wrong. In british english, it's pronounced EE-pock. American it's generally pronounced eh-pock. In no way is it ever pronounced 'epic'.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Whohhh was gonna say top level comment’s wrong but…

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epoch

    First pronunciation’s super “epic”, second’s what we know

    …hmmm OK, this is indeed a little more epic:

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epic

    But come on! Listen back to back! I’m not linguisticy enough to know exactly but that ə is certainly not an i… just wouldn’t recognize the difference in many contexts I’m thinking

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