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[Opinions] Re: Circe
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Well, I can see how it happened (English pronunciation being what it is), but I still like the Greek way better.
This is one of the reasons I hate names spelled with a C in English, you never know how it's pronounced (just take Cynthia, Chloe, Charles, Charlotte...).
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Yes. We are definitely not a user-friendly language, pronunciation-wise. I've often thought how impossible it would be for me to try to learn it as a second language.
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Well, to be fair the grammar is a lot simpler than Croatian (we have gender, 7 cases, more tenses, etc.), but our pronunciation and spelling are a breeze for foreign learners.
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