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Is it just (Canuckian) me, or shouldn't it be pronounced EpOch (long 'e', long 'o') to avoid ambiguity? It still breaks my brain when US people say what I hear as 'epic'.
If it matters, I'm american and I only ever hear it the way you say it. I don't know if I've ever heard anyone pronounce it like "epic" 🤔
I searched some more, and I had to stop since it just made me more frustrated :)
Listen to this clip (find the Podcast link halfway down the page with a short audio clip):
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epoch
The narrator even prefaces the discussion by saying "... EEE PEE OOOH CEEE EAYCHH". Guh!! :P
Also American and I've heard ee-pock and eh-pock but never epic as well.
Yeah, as a Brit I pronounce it
ɪ́j p ɔ k
(ee as in fleece, o like in goal), so this joke took me a bit to figure out.I didn't even realise those US mavericks would say it like epic. Unless I'd heard it and didn't recognise it - lately I've been hearing a few people mention the "Adam" editor and it took me several different people before I realised they were saying "Atom".
Thank you, sets my mind at ease to know it is not just me :)
"Atom" vs. "Adam" -- yes now that you mention it, you're not hearing things, Americans do say it differently.
This reminds me of something that constantly bothers me about youtube tutorials: I can tell instantly the presenter is American or was raised in America when they say ".. now go ahead and ..." rather than "now, ..." or "next, ..." when presenting step-by-step procedures. I don't know why, but it really bothers me, yet there is nothing 'wrong' about it.
Haha, constantly hearing "go ahead" is absolutely my #1 bugbear - I get so irritated and distracted when people keep repeating it that I have to rewind to actually listen to the other words. I've noticed some Brits have started using it to, much to my dismay.
I was using gpg earlier and it told me "Go ahead and type your message".