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It's truly a shame(startrek.website)

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5dashes@lemmy.world
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I don’t get it. Aren’t they pronounced mostly the same?

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kn33@lemmy.world
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I’ll do my best here - “Aristotle” is pronounced “Air-ih-stot-ul” whereas Chipotle is more like “Chip-oat-lee”

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NewNewAccount@lemmy.world
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lee

Um what?

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RGB3x3@lemmy.world
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Chip-oht-lay

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Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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They did say their best. Not that it’d be correct.

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BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.world
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Leave them southerners alone. They didn’t do nuffin 'cept try to overthrow America twice.

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Akasazh@feddit.nl
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Aristotle is only pronounced like that because Aristoteles was somehow too confusing for English speakers.

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archon@sh.itjust.works
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Now that you mention it… he’s indeed called Aristoteles in my language… never noticed the spelling difference in english!

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ivanafterall@kbin.social
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Sounds like we did him a favor.

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ZeroDrek@lemmy.world
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It’s “Chip-oat—lay”…not “lee”

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