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The Hyperb Owl, the less known relative of the Superb Owl.
wow! I made the same mistake till now! I just started speaking English again after a decade. all of my pronunciations are wacky ๐
I'm the same vein, epitome.
What does not exactly help in some people's case, is that other Euro languages have adjusted Greek etc. words more to their own needs and actually do the "bowl" thing (even omit the e on the end, like in Dutch). I mean, I think that is what keeps me back.
This one is particularly annoying because of Hyperbolic, which is pronounced Hy-per-bol-ic. Which just makes Hy-per-bole seem more valid...
There are a lot of those prefixes that shift stress and/or pronunciation when going from nouns to adjectives or verbs, like supermarket vs superfluous. It's just especially annoying when they use spelling uncommon to other English words, such as Quixote vs quixotic (the x is silent in the first and voiced in the 2nd).
Generally it kind of retains the features of the pronunciation of the language it was borrowed from. In this case Greek, which generally pronounces every vowel in a word. Similar to Aphrodite (which one would expect to be pronounced Afro-dight).
I know that doesn't help much unless you have already built a guide in your head about how words of a certain language are pronounced and can guess what language that word originates from. You might need to consult a dictionary to find out what language it was borrowed from, at which point you'll also see the pronunciation.
I thought Harry Potter's friend was pronounced her-mee-ohn for the first three books.
Same here. Hyper bowl. Until i heard it on TV.
I just want to suggest that your pronunciation at the end of your message is not quite right still.
Wouldn't it be closer to say "hi-per-ber-lee"? Or am i still getting it wrong?
Hy-per-buh-lee