Comment on How do you pronounce "centaur" and why?

TheBananaKing@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is the only way in English I’ve ever known

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  • TheBananaKing@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A bunch of Americans pronounce it sen-tar for some reason that I’ve never understood.

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    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s how it looks

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Seems just like a regional accent thing

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• toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s one of my wife’s answers.

  You’re very prompt.

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• CiderApplenTea@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s how merriam webster pronounces it! I’d pronounce it like that as well, got curious, so I googled

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• NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is how I pronounce it in Canada

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