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[โ€“] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So apparently for the latter you can just claim to be using the american pronunciation https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/penchant

[โ€“] Welt@lazysoci.al 2 points 5 months ago

All mispronunciations can be defended with linguistic descriptivism. It's usually a pissweak argument though!