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   ajlanes (ajlanes@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 19:08:56 JST ajlanes

   • goatsarah
   • tricia
   @goatsarah @tricia The only true way. Rejular people are wronj.
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     Adam (pseudomonas@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 19:33:40 JST Adam

     • goatsarah
     • tricia

     @goatsarah @ajlanes @tricia indeed. Similarly for the very many portmanteaus with "national" → "nat" eg "National Westminster" → "NatWest", it's never ever been pronounced "Nash West", not by anyone AFAIK.

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     ajlanes (ajlanes@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 21:10:09 JST ajlanes

     • goatsarah
     • tricia

     @goatsarah @tricia I know, I was just being silly. It’s similar to arguments as to meaning based on etymology. It’s likely that how you pronounce it will be based on how your tribe pronounces it, and how those letter shapes work in your language.

     I pronounce the final P too, but the -ksp consonant cluster (-ksps in the plural!) seems like the sort of thing that would collapse to something easier.