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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

8 and 20 got me. Honestly never used the word "intimate" in that context before. I don't even know where the stress is.

The latter of the two is "INtimate", I'm assuming the former is "intiMATE".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Inti-mate and inti-met.

In the first one mate is sounded like mate. The second one is probably the one you're used to saying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I believe the second half of the word is pronounced mate as you have written but the stress is still on the "IN".