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Topic: the educated stardard way to pronounce the -ae digraph at the ends of scientific words

boof started this discussion 2 months ago #130,712

It's eeeee, you fuckin' hear? Not eye, not fucking ayyyyy.

Plural form of larva is larvae. say it as larvy you fuck

The kingdom of life plantae. say it as planty fuckface

yes pedantry can be tiresome but this one pisses me off regularly when I hear an otherwise smartiepants youtuber talk about shit like he knows about it

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 2 months ago, 3 hours later[^] [v] #1,401,272

Boof: expert on the near-open front unrounded vowel.

Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc joined in and replied with this 2 months ago, 47 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,401,274

@OP

> smartiepants

"Smarty pants" you berk. Smarties are a popular confectionary.

Chuffed !m8sJfgzmLE joined in and replied with this 2 months ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,401,275

@previous (Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc)
Smartaepants perhaps? OP brought up a good point.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 2 months ago, 3 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,401,301

Vertebrae, like the cheese.

boof (OP) replied with this 2 months ago, 18 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,401,304

boof (OP) double-posted this 2 months ago, 19 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,401,307

anyhow, I found some guy's guide -- whether he's a smartiepants or full of shit is your call
http://capewest.ca/pron.html

Anonymous E replied with this 2 months ago, 17 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,401,316

> caecum
Coprophagia

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 2 months ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,401,503

I knew that but thanks

boof (OP) replied with this 2 months ago, 4 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,401,550

@1,401,316 (E)
so I heard a fella was on a caecum diet

!FrHjtldUjg joined in and replied with this 2 months ago, 15 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,401,656

@1,401,274 (Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc)
We cried a lot into the onions.

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 2 months ago, 52 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,401,667

@1,401,307 (boof)

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