It’s a word like “cuisine” that doesn’t just come from French, it’s literally a French word and properly still pronounced the French way, so silent “r” and silent “e” on the end.
That’s when we deploy vicious mockery and downvotes. Languages may try to go where they want, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t yank on the steering wheel.
I still don’t know the actual pronunciation of macabre.
Macaw-bruh
Macabre moment
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There are three accepted ways of saying it:
Ma-cah-bruh
Ma-cahb
Ma-cahb-err
Well if you can read IPA, it’s something like /məˈkɑːbrə/
Although I’d argue the ə can be silent.
M’cabr 🤠
An oldy but a goody
It’s a word like “cuisine” that doesn’t just come from French, it’s literally a French word and properly still pronounced the French way, so silent “r” and silent “e” on the end.
Yeah I’d agree with that, but unfortunately most people aren’t linguistic purists, so absolute prescription doesn’t really work.
It does if we refuse to give up.
You can try, but even if you have a majority of people using the correct version, still the other one can proliferate.
Kinda how people still say “could of” instead of “could have” even when there’s always someone noting the mistake.
Unfortunately languages go where they want. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That’s when we deploy vicious mockery and downvotes. Languages may try to go where they want, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t yank on the steering wheel.