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

Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I thought this question would get almost no attention, but so far I’ve gotten almost one response per minute. Well predicted.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I even learned that local language changes things from a couple replies, which I hadn’t considered.

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    • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s still so interesting noticing comments from you, as I used to be frustrated by the bubble letters in your name. Since my client started suppressing that, I find you often contribute to conversations and I appreciate it.

      I tried to express this once before, but at that point my client was still somewhat immature and randomly put my comment in a different, irrelevant thread.

      Anyway, thanks for being a classic and long lasting part of lemmy and for showing up in my thread! I’m glad it provided you with some enlightenment.

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• futatorius@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Me too. I’m not a pedantic Latin-pronouncer who’d say “ken-tower”

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  • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I recognise that “kentawor” is correct, but reject it because “sentar” just sounds more correct.

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    • howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just because an English word was originally Latin and is written the same way, doesn’t mean it’s pronounced the same way. It’s an English word now. It has an English pronunciation, pluralisation and definition that can all be different from the original. “Kentawur” is not correct for the English word.

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• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I pronounce it centaur, as in it rhymes with faur, kaur, boobaur. You know, the “aur” sound, like “ooohhuuuurrr” but more dynamic.

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• DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I saw sen-tar as well!

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