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submitted 1 year ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] Lyre@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if future societies will look back and think we pronounced it as one sound like "ock"

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Since it exists in about 10 different written forms... No.