nifty@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoCan you say shibbolethlemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
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minus-squareOldWoodFrame@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoI thought ‘segue’ was pronounced ‘seg’ and ‘Segway’ was ‘Segway’. I blame the mall cop transportation.
minus-squareThe Menemen!@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 months agoI’d blame the guy who thought pronouncing “vague” as /veɪɡ/ (or better who decided to write /veɪɡ/ as vague.).
minus-squarezaphod@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoVague is french, segue is italian, hence different pronunciation, the french equivalent would probably be suite.
I thought ‘segue’ was pronounced ‘seg’ and ‘Segway’ was ‘Segway’. I blame the mall cop transportation.
I’d blame the guy who thought pronouncing “vague” as /veɪɡ/ (or better who decided to write /veɪɡ/ as vague.).
Vague is french, segue is italian, hence different pronunciation, the french equivalent would probably be suite.