Comment on Why don't they have simpler names for brain disorders, where perhaps even the person suffering the disorder might be able to remember the term themself?

• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thanks AI!

  Pronunciation of Dementia

  The word “dementia” is pronounced as follows: Phonetic Spelling

  dih-MEN-shuh
  

  So where the hell did the T in dementia come from in the first place, when in place of the T it’s pronounced with the SH sound? Yet another unnecessarily confusing word. Sigh, English is fun like that huh?

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  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ration, action, motion, lotion, mention…

    Are two-syllable words hard?

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