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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ooof. That reminds me my mum saying "Coelogyne" (an orchid genus). It throws me a curveball:

  • Ecclesiastical - [tʃe.lɔ.'dʒi.nɛ]
  • regional (Portuguese speakers) - [se.lo.'ʒi.ne]~[se.lo.'ʒi.ni]
  • her pronunciation - [se.lo.'dʒi.ne]

Then I spend a few seconds thinking "selodine... no, that's not right" because the local dialect parses [dʒi] as /di/.

At least I don't have this problem with the Paphiopedilum. She simply calls them "sapatinho" (little shoe).