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The universe started in 1970. Anyone claiming to be over 38 is lying about their age.
Transcript
[Cueball sits at a computer, staring at the screen and rubbing his chin in thought. A friend stands behind him.]
Cueball: Weird — My code's crashing when given pre-1970 dates.
Friend [pointing at Cueball and his computer]: Epoch fail!
People will get it in about 14 years.
Is it just (Canuckian) me, or shouldn't it be pronounced EpOch (long 'e', long 'o') to avoid ambiguity? It still breaks my brain when US people say what I hear as 'epic'.
If it matters, I'm american and I only ever hear it the way you say it. I don't know if I've ever heard anyone pronounce it like "epic" 🤔
I searched some more, and I had to stop since it just made me more frustrated :)
Listen to this clip (find the Podcast link halfway down the page with a short audio clip):
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epoch
The narrator even prefaces the discussion by saying "... EEE PEE OOOH CEEE EAYCHH". Guh!! :P