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I'd ring that (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
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[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The pronunciation guide of a dictionary is pretty fuckin esoteric at this point.

I was educated in the 80s and they still didn't teach us how to pronounce words using the dictionary.

[–] HurricaneLiz@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same with the 80s. My Gramma who was a school teacher in 1933 taught me out of a 100 yr old dictionary. In all the times I've moved, I've managed to hold onto that huge, leather-bound book.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Wholesome :)

[–] notoftenthat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

I rejected those lessons after they dropped this on my desk:

/ə/