• kronisk @lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    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!”

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      8 days ago

      If we said every loan word the way they were originally pronounced in their various native languages then English wouldn’t exist.

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        8 days ago

        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.

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          8 days ago

          Cool story bro. How about this, you continue to say cache however you want and I’ll continue to silently judge you for it and we can all just move on with our day?

          👍

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            8 days ago

            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?

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              7 days ago

              I’m not sure what the point of any of this was. It seemed to serve little purpose.

              Have a nice day 🌞