▲ 247 ▼ What hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world [M] to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 152 comments fedilink hide all child comments Tell us why we should unexpectedly come to love your hobby.
[–] sadbehr@lemmy.nz 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Super interesting. Does that mean that we're pronouncing either helicopter or pterodactyl wrong? We don't say the 'pter' parts the same way I think? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* nah there's no "wrong" for a common native pronunciation. but for silent p- words specifically, the /pt/ and /ps/ consonant clusters just don't occur at the start of words in English. so the p goes silent in those words. pterodactyl, psychology. but in languages like Greek and German they do occur! permalink fedilink source parent [–] SeabassDan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Depends on whether the o is before the p or after the r. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* nah there's no "wrong" for a common native pronunciation. but for silent p- words specifically, the /pt/ and /ps/ consonant clusters just don't occur at the start of words in English. so the p goes silent in those words. pterodactyl, psychology. but in languages like Greek and German they do occur! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SeabassDan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Depends on whether the o is before the p or after the r. permalink fedilink source parent