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minus-squarePennyRoyal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up39·2 days agoMy friend once put the emphasis on the first syllable of pedantic, and correcting him was probably the single greatest joy I’ve ever felt
minus-squarePennyRoyal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoHe called me PED-an-tic, with the least stress on the middle syllable. It gave me immense pleasure to be able to say “erm, it’s ped-AN-tic…”
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoSo it was ped-antic? I wonder if it’s antics by children or pedestrians
My friend once put the emphasis on the first syllable of pedantic, and correcting him was probably the single greatest joy I’ve ever felt
pee-dantic puh-dantic?
He called me PED-an-tic, with the least stress on the middle syllable. It gave me immense pleasure to be able to say “erm, it’s ped-AN-tic…”
So it was ped-antic? I wonder if it’s antics by children or pedestrians