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Pacific Ocean.
by justsomehnguy 2y ago
Pacific Ocean.
- t-3 2y agoFor a non-native speaker, sure, that's not obvious. For a native, especially if they're well read and have a decent vocabulary or have studied any Latin it's just fine. The many styles of englishizations of foreign words (romanization just doesn't quite fit here) and obsolete-in-terms-of-pronunciation spellings provide valuable context for pronunciation and meaning to people who have sufficient familiarity.