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Not going to describe how I would've tried to pronounce it...

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[โ€“] neotecha 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I read Hitchhiker's Guide, I pronounced it b'tell-jew-EEss

There's a thought that:

Never make fun of people for mispronouncing a word. It means they learned it by reading

Best I understand, this is a quote without a known attribution

[โ€“] iamhazel 1 points 1 year ago

I love that! Also the xkcd about being 1 of 10,000 people to learn something :)