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[–] arken@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fine by me, it's obvious you no longer have an argument -- or anything otherwise interesting -- to contribute to this discussion anyway, so what would be the point?

[–] arken@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Perhaps, probably not - not my point though. My native language has a lot of English loan words with local pronunciation, which is the correct pronunciation of those words in my language according to any dictionary, however to indignantly correct someone using the original english pronunciation for saying it "wrong" would just be bizarre.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

In English, yes. My point is that cache/r/t is the root of both words, the pronunciation changed in english which often happens with loan words, and it certainly is OK to use the local pronunciation -- but correcting someone who uses the correct pronunciation of that word, with self-righteous indignation even, is very silly behavior.

"But we've been pronouncing it wrong for 300 years!"

[–] arken@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

I'm sorry, you don't get to maul the pronunciation of loan words and then correct people when they use the correct pronunciation. The word comes from the french cache/casher which is pronounced exactly cash-eh. Where do you think the -e comes from?

[–] arken@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, how about reincarnation coupled with eternal lethal diarrhea?

[–] arken@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey, I'm clumsy and confused already!

[–] arken@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well, the interesting thing about how to get a better understanding of the transaction is on Facebook, and Instagram or not the first time when it comes to be able to recall, long time when you have any questions about someone sacrificing yourself to the majority of them. Walk around the house and the sounds of it was a good day and I think it's not convenient for a few minutes now I have a good time. So much for the update!

Academia heroes rising movie about gambling, debt and the idea of what to say about someone. Academic advising appointment for tomorrow morning sleep deprived and then that feeling must be the opposite of a rougher offshoot of the transaction on Paypal, app access to the consumer price index fund and I can tell you from experience with their attention, integrity and the sounds of silence of course, I will lose my mind but remember that one of those days I don't know what entities possess you have any questions?

[–] arken@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Well, all this feels a bit weird to me as a european. Americans and british pronounce it as f-you-g, but it's a french loan word, in french /fyg/ (y as in the last letter in particularly). The word itself however comes from the latin fuga, and in german and a lot of other languages the word is fuga or fuge. Fuga is of course pronounced foo-gah (well, not exactly, but close enough) so...I wouldn't laugh that hard at someone mispronouncing the word in "English" if I were them is my point I guess.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We need to stop calling these sites and services "free". Anything that's financed by ads, spying and profiling is not free, the user is paying with their attention, integrity and right to privacy. This is not nothing.

Presently, it's a shady and dishonest practice since the terms of the transaction are rarely transparent to the consumer; in other words, it's a scam.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

For our younger audience: this is from when the show Cheers was popular, that's why there's a "Norm" setting.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

But the reality I see is that they are very easily manipulated by unregulated media like TikTok

As opposed to adults?

[–] arken@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I wish I could give this comment more than a simple upvote. I want to mail you a freshly baked cinnamon bun.

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