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   Jorge Stolfi (jorgestolfi@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 10:43:58 JST Jorge Stolfi

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   • Steven Hoefer

   @troublewithwords

   Actually the "alu" is from Arabic and is pronounced as the number 4 in English; there is an epenthetic "er" after the "m"; and "ni" is a Greco-Latin abbreviation used by Medieval scribes, which stands for "neophitoi ignorantes", but is pronounced "students" -- like "i.e." is pronounced "that is".

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     Steven Hoefer (troublewithwords@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 10:43:59 JST Steven Hoefer

     UK-related followers:

     There's a person from Oxford University pronouncing "alumni" as "ee-loo-min-nai" and I feel like I'm being pranked. Is this an acceptable pronunciation?

     (Latin speakers need not apply, H and I had a long talk about that.)