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    Quote Originally Posted by Alphys View Post
    Really? I've always pronounced it with the "R", but then again I never really use it in daily life so it's just one of those things I guess.

    Word of the Day: Hypocorism

    Definition:
    1. A pet name
    2. The use of pet names

    Examples:
    1. People began to refer to the elusive and mysterious Loch Ness monster by the hypocorism "Nessie" in the 1940s.
    2. "… the use of hypocorisms … is on the decline (only my Aunt Dorothy is still called Toots), and terms of endearment have come under suspicion ('Call me Dollboat or Sweetie-Pie one more time, Mr. Snodgrass, and you've got a harassment suit on your hands')." — William Safire, The New York Times, 27 Sept. 1992
    Well of course you do, because you guys say your Rs differently to us. xD lel.

    Wow, I thought it was related to hypocrisy. There you go!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suicune's Fire View Post
    Well of course you do, because you guys say your Rs differently to us. xD lel.

    Wow, I thought it was related to hypocrisy. There you go!
    I've also been recently informed that everyone who isn't American pronounces it "herb" whereas we say "erb". Welp.

    That's what I thought. But no, it's pet names.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alphys View Post
    I've also been recently informed that everyone who isn't American pronounces it "herb" whereas we say "erb". Welp.

    That's what I thought. But no, it's pet names.
    Yes. That is true. We do pronounce the H.

    You learn something new every day!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suicune's Fire View Post
    Yes. That is true. We do pronounce the H.

    You learn something new every day!
    You weirdos! XD

    Yeah it is cool that way isn't it?
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    How do Americans pronounce 'herbalist'? Without the 'h' as well?

    Panoptic is one of the coolest sci-fiesuqe words. Fun fact, there's a prison design coined by Jeremy Bentham known as Panopticon, where by all the inmates under one watchman' eye, without them being able to tell whether they're being watched or not. So dystopian~

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    Quote Originally Posted by solivagant View Post
    How do Americans pronounce 'herbalist'? Without the 'h' as well?

    Panoptic is one of the coolest sci-fiesuqe words. Fun fact, there's a prison design coined by Jeremy Bentham known as Panopticon, where by all the inmates under one watchman' eye, without them being able to tell whether they're being watched or not. So dystopian~
    Yes we do. We pronounce it "erbalist".

    That sounds so awesome and high tech!
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    Word of the Day: Collude

    Definition:
    1. To work with others secretly especially in order to do something illegal or dishonest.

    Example:
    1. "I argued that when markets are free, and when government does not collude with business, greed is useful."- Fitting In at Fox Lloyd Grove December 5, 2009

    2. "Collusive labor makes it easier for employers to collude to extract maximum rents from customers." -New York City Bus Strike: A Cosy Cartel, Running Out of Gas Megan McArdle January 16, 2013

    3. "Nor, Cortazzo said, did he collude with the geologist to rip off Roy." -‘Sex Rehab’ Star Duncan Roy’s Jailhouse Blues Christine Pelisek March 24, 2012
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    Word of the Day: Peradventure

    Definition:
    1. Chance, doubt, or uncertainty
    2. Surmise
    3. Archaic. it may be; maybe; possibly; perhaps.

    Examples:
    1. "It must demonstrate beyond peradventure that it exists only to aid and assist the onward march and progress of all worthy causes ..." -Stewart C. McFarland, "Will Rotary Survive?" The Rotarian, April 1921

    2. "Well, as luck would have it, he stumbled on the missing link in the process which poor Sprenger had been searching for ... and proved it beyond a peradventure on the very night when Bronson Jane had dined in Kensington Palace Gardens." -John Buchan, The Gap in the Curtain, 1932
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    Quote Originally Posted by Noblejanobii View Post
    Word of the Day: Peradventure

    Definition:
    1. Chance, doubt, or uncertainty
    2. Surmise
    3. Archaic. it may be; maybe; possibly; perhaps.

    Examples:
    1. "It must demonstrate beyond peradventure that it exists only to aid and assist the onward march and progress of all worthy causes ..." -Stewart C. McFarland, "Will Rotary Survive?" The Rotarian, April 1921

    2. "Well, as luck would have it, he stumbled on the missing link in the process which poor Sprenger had been searching for ... and proved it beyond a peradventure on the very night when Bronson Jane had dined in Kensington Palace Gardens." -John Buchan, The Gap in the Curtain, 1932
    So can you be planning for a pre-adventure and feel preadventurous about it? lol





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    Quote Originally Posted by Rival Max View Post
    So can you be planning for a pre-adventure and feel preadventurous about it? lol
    EXACTLY
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