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[–] ProstheticBrain@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I still can't get my head around the fact Hegemony isn't pronounced like Ceremony, "Hedge-eh-moany".

I was horrified to find out it's "heg" like "leg" and "emony" like "lemony". Such an uncomfortable word to say, it still trips me up every time I say it.

[–] mac@infosec.pub 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotta get a petition running to change that, I refuse to believe it isn't 'Hedge' - 'emony'. Honestly that's disgusting.

[–] T4V0@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think US citizens say 'Hedge-emony' while the british say 'Hegeh-emony'. At least that's what google thinks lol.

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm American and literally never heard it pronounced hegehmony. Always hedge.

[–] T4V0@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, so that corroborates my comment. If you know someone british they may speak hegehmony.

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

That feels so unnatural!

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I don't encounter it often but I seem to be thinking I've mostly heard it in the states as, "Huh-jemmuny"

[–] g_the_b@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sir it is "hej" not "heg"

[–] SaintWacko@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Wait, what? Thanks, I hate it