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No, in the same way that paediatrician isn’t pronounced paydiatrician
by jpxw 6y ago
No, in the same way that paediatrician isn’t pronounced paydiatrician
- pmiller2 6y agoIt's also not spelled "paediatrician" in American English, hence the confusion.
- rgoulter 6y agoTo be fair, it's not obvious how to pronounce a way it's spelt. e.g. "record" and "record" are pronounced differently, but have the same spelling. The poem "Dearest creature in creation" is a fun illustration of the differences between spelling and pronunciation.
- teddyh 6y agoIt’s called “The Chaos”: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Chaos https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Chaos