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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days ago“Sentinel lymph node examination.” Probably not a word that comes up much day-to-day.
minus-squareNangijala@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoNope, but it does come up if you get tested for breast cancer. Point is, that yacht isn’t a difficult word at all. Especially not if you’re European, since the word for yacht in many European languages is… yacht.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI think it’s a Germanic vs. Latin-based thing, since “yacht” is Germanic in origin.
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agotrue, but most European languages will pronounce it “ya-cht” and not… “yot”
“Sentinel lymph node examination.” Probably not a word that comes up much day-to-day.
Nope, but it does come up if you get tested for breast cancer.
Point is, that yacht isn’t a difficult word at all. Especially not if you’re European, since the word for yacht in many European languages is… yacht.
I think it’s a Germanic vs. Latin-based thing, since “yacht” is Germanic in origin.
true, but most European languages will pronounce it “ya-cht” and not… “yot”