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[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Chew-pit-too-las quickly, right?

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would say it sounds like Chow-pee-too-las, but I think I can hear the T at the beginning.

But I think the real Shibboleth will be Terpsichore.

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Terp-sick-or-ee, but I had actually heard that one already, so that's not me puzzling it out from the word.