Correct
Rules
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The second, less popular pronunciation is technically the correct one if you go by English pronunciation rules.
Source: No Pronunciation Guide - For some reason, he never seems to "correct" the DM when the rules as written would hurt him.
Source: Munchkin -
It occurs when someone applies what they assume to be correct foreign pronunciation rules to a foreign loan word/phrase that doesn't actually use them.
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