• Lvxferre [he/him]
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    13 hours ago

    Ooof. That reminds me my mum saying “Coelogyne” (an orchid genus). It throws me a curveball:

    • Ecclesiastical - [tʃe.lɔ.'dʒi.nɛ]
    • regional (Portuguese speakers) - [se.lo.'ʒi.ne]~[se.lo.'ʒi.ni]
    • her pronunciation - [se.lo.'dʒi.ne]

    Then I spend a few seconds thinking “selodine… no, that’s not right” because the local dialect parses [dʒi] as /di/.

    At least I don’t have this problem with the Paphiopedilum. She simply calls them “sapatinho” (little shoe).