InevitableSwing [none/use name] to askchapo • 11 months agoWhat is a word you realized you were pronouncing wrong until you heard someone else say it?imagemessage-square101 fedilinkarrow-up154
arrow-up154imageWhat is a word you realized you were pronouncing wrong until you heard someone else say it?InevitableSwing [none/use name] to askchapo • 11 months agomessage-square101 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]hexagonhexbear5·11 months agoIn American English vise (the clamp) is pronounced "vahys" and the vice in vice versa is pronounced the same. British English? I have no idea. link
minus-squarelorez@lemm.eehexbear1·11 months agoNo, not vise. Vice. Like the vice of drinking, etc. Vice in the expression vice versa is a Latin word and like versa needs to be pronounced in Latin. linkfedilink
In American English vise (the clamp) is pronounced "vahys" and the vice in vice versa is pronounced the same.
British English? I have no idea.
No, not vise. Vice. Like the vice of drinking, etc. Vice in the expression vice versa is a Latin word and like versa needs to be pronounced in Latin.