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How Chrono Trigger Taught Me The Word ‘Epoch’ (www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com)

submitted 1 week ago by misk@piefed.social to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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[–] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I couldn't read past the part of the article where he insists (at great length) that epoch is usually pronounced identically to epic.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Came in with that first paragraph this is mentioned on my clipboard to highlight how silly this is

For one, it’s pronounced identically to the word epic in most cases. I’m going to guess that nine times out of ten, if you used epoch in a sentence, most people would assume you’re saying epic anyway, regardless if that makes sense in context.

No. It's not. It's pronounced ee-pokh or ep-okh. Anyone pronouncing it like "epic" has got the vowel sound entirely wrong.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's apparently the American pronunciation. Though, half our population can't read anyway, so I'll just keep saying it the right way. Or maybe we just go back to the original Greek, Epochē.

[–] Moltz@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

So apparent nobody actually pronounces it like that. All things written on the internet are fact, clearly.