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I believe that “demon” and “daemon” both share the same pronunciation. “day-mun” is technically incorrect, though still widely accepted.

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no widely accepted pronounciation is incorrect

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your Mom is widely accepted

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so it “ur mum” and “yo mama”

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archaeology, orthopaedics, paediatrics, encyclopaedia, etc.

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Those last 3 aren’t American English

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so? where do you think English came from?

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English carries a lot of information in vowels, making it concise.

In this case, it’s natural for English speakers to pronounce words with different meanings differently, to disambiguate them.

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