#why do i get stupidly pedantic over the dumbest shit.

[fxa]

small and unjustified yet persistent pet peeve is people not knowing how to pronounce the latin plural ending “ae”. like, i hear people pronounce supernova and supernovae the same way all the time.

#yes i do hear ''supernovae'' a lot because it's a popular guitar hero song. and i swear to god every single streamer says it like supernova #>see jared go live earlier today >click in >hear him say supernovae like supernova >click out #it drives me up the wall for NO good reason like i cannot reasonably expect the average person to know this tiny fucking thing #and something only tangentially related is every minecrafter's inability to pronounce elytra correctly #like it's not hard it's fucking el-ih-truh. AND IT'S ALREADY PLURAL. elytron is the singular!! #why do i get stupidly pedantic over the dumbest shit. #misc #bluh