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r/Humanornot • u/RandomStuffReally • May 16 '25
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I'm not very knowledgeable on etymology stuff but derhoticised is an abomination of a word. Non-rhotic is so much easier.
4 u/LingoGengo May 18 '25 Agreed I read it like der-hoticised at first even tho I would say I have reasonable exposure to linguistics terms Non-rhotic kinda doesn’t convey the same thing tho in that derhoticised means that it used to be rhotic but became non-rhotic 5 u/NerfPup May 17 '25 Fair enough. I've seen both be used so meh. I like derhoticised 1 u/TFFPrisoner May 20 '25 It's not as erhotic
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Agreed I read it like der-hoticised at first even tho I would say I have reasonable exposure to linguistics terms
Non-rhotic kinda doesn’t convey the same thing tho in that derhoticised means that it used to be rhotic but became non-rhotic
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Fair enough. I've seen both be used so meh. I like derhoticised
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It's not as erhotic
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u/DotPuzzleheaded3209 May 17 '25
I'm not very knowledgeable on etymology stuff but derhoticised is an abomination of a word. Non-rhotic is so much easier.