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Wait until you hear someone say 'caveat'.
by rahimnathwani 5y ago
Wait until you hear someone say 'caveat'.
- Scarblac 5y agoGood point, I really have no clue what that sounds like. The poem _The Chaos_ ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1edPxKqiptw&t=12s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1edPxKqiptw&t=12s ) is about this sort of thing, written by a Dutch teacher of English pronunciation. (but even that mass of examples does not include debt, doubt or caveat)
- rahimnathwani 5y agoI had a colleague (very smart guy, with excellent written English) who didn't believe me when I told him caveat was not pronounced the same as 'cave at'.
- xeromal 5y agoVerbiage is another one. Most people I know say verbage instead of verb-ia-ge like the dictionary sometimes recommends.
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