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[โ€“] prunerye@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To play devil's advocate, yes, "w" is technically three syllables in English, but they're easy enough to blur together. Meanwhile, the actual "w" sound is comparatively labor intensive, and "-orld" even more so. We're in purple burglar alarm world.

[โ€“] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago