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?

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over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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