The Picard Maneuver to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works • 6 months agoSome things you can't live downlemmy.worldimagemessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1841
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minus-square@PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink39•6 months 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-square@Droechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish3•6 months agoSo it was ped-antic? I wonder if it’s antics by children or pedestrians
minus-square@PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•6 months 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…”
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
So it was ped-antic? I wonder if it’s antics by children or pedestrians
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…”