Say the following out loud:
- Turn
- U-Turn
Easy enough. Now try:
- Voluntary
- Euvoluntary
I know it looks silly like this, but I chronically mess up terms I only ever see in print. I was just shy of 30 before I learned how "coiffed" is pronounced. And just this last weekend, I heard alternate pronunciations of "Hobbesian." So, you know, I shouldn't make assumptions about how others might endeavor to utter a new word.
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Do you have suggestions on where we could find more examples of this phenomenon?