Epitome

Epitome
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“EP-i-tome,” meaning a perfect example, often gets mispronounced due to the ‘tome’ looking like it should sound as in ‘home,’ rather than the correct ‘tuhm’. This word serves as a linguistic epitome of English’s idiosyncratic nature, where pronunciation cannot always be inferred from spelling, necessitating a deeper understanding of phonetic rules and exceptions.


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