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While Oscar Wilde would undoubtedly have something witty to say about that, I guess it's a matter of stress: if you read it as a word and assume stress on the (
by tgv 4y ago
While Oscar Wilde would undoubtedly have something witty to say about that, I guess it's a matter of stress: if you read it as a word and assume stress on the (invisible) first vowel, it's almost inevitable: juh-cof.
- jsiaajdsdaa 4y agoBut we dont say juh sahn for JSON? Hence why Jcough seemed intuitive.
- tgv 4y agoLanguage is not very deterministic. An unknown word can remind you of more than one other word, which can influence the way you pronounce it, certainly in English where pronunciation is so irregular. That’s not a fact of course, just a possible factor.
- beepbooptheory 4y agoGuess you could say if its a 'jack off' here, its 'jiss on' there.