How do you pronounce "centaur" and why?
How do you pronounce "centaur" and why?
My wife pronounces it three different ways, each of which she can support. I pronounce it one, but other than that it's the way I've heard it I can't support my pronunciation even after some searches. What's yours and why?
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tsen-taür, where ü is not an umlaut, but a diaeresis meaning that you pronounce the second vowel in a row, like in naïve or coöperation.
I come from Poland and we read in a consistent way.
The way shit's written \s.
Such a question would make no sense in Polish.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-curse-of-the-diaeresis
From now on, I shall only refer to them as kentauru.
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