The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lemmy Be Wholesome@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agoI respect it when I hear someone clearly attempting a word they've only seen writtenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square182fedilinkarrow-up11.32Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.31Karrow-down1imageI respect it when I hear someone clearly attempting a word they've only seen writtenlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lemmy Be Wholesome@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agomessage-square182fedilink
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months ago “Tachypneic” is pronounced like “TA-KIP-NIK”, I’m clearly not qualified to lecture you, but deriving from words like pneumonia, and consulting merriam-webster, are you sure the “p” isn’t silent here, and that the “e” is?
minus-squareMrShankles@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI can confirm that the “p” is not silent in tacypneic, unlike in pneumonia. It’s a weird one imo, but that is how it is
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThanks for enlightening me.
I’m clearly not qualified to lecture you, but deriving from words like pneumonia, and consulting merriam-webster, are you sure the “p” isn’t silent here, and that the “e” is?
I can confirm that the “p” is not silent in tacypneic, unlike in pneumonia. It’s a weird one imo, but that is how it is
Thanks for enlightening me.