• @[email protected]
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    414 days ago

    Yeah, that’s definitely a reason for it, but it’s always this word. I don’t recall a German saying ethymology or rhytmic, but this is probably the most common mistake I’ve noticed among C1-C2 English speakers here. The other one might be German mtg players saying “viscera” with the accent on the e, but that’s probably because of a popular YouTuber who influenced local game store culture.

    • ᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ
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      314 days ago

      This is the first time in my life I’ve seen it spelled “rethorical” and I’ve never heard it said that way. I’m in a particularly stupid part of the US but I’ve travelled most of the country.

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        314 days ago

        Do you hang out with a lot of native German speakers? They’re the ones who do it ime, not native English speakers, and probably not nonnative speakers who live in anglophone countries for a while or who went to anglophone schools.