gaytabase21h ago
sudo
sue dough
sue do
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Show threadjjj20h ago
@dysfun The result was surprising to me (not a native English speaker). Why is sue-dough more natural to say? I suspect the ratio of people pronouncing "do" as "dough" would be different, but I am curious why there is a difference.
Show threadgaytabase19h ago

@jjj it is just how you would pronounce it. something about 'do' being a weird word i guess and having a prefix making it unlikely to be 'do'?

who can say? :)

Show threadgaytabase
@jjj oh also we have 'pseudo' as a modifier, which is pronounced the same way.
Apr 2 at 5:03pmWeb
Show threadjjj19h ago
@dysfun Ah, that makes sense. And I also now learned how to pronounce "pseudo" correctly. :)