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Help[Opinions] Re: Peridot
in reply to a message by Billina
I've never pronounced the T, so it seems a bit doughy...I think of doughboy. Funny, because I don't with Waldo.
It seems better as a name with the T, but I'd have to adjust. It'd come across as similar to Peregrine, Garnet, Topaz, Obsidian, Ivory. I like Perry as a NN.
It seems better as a name with the T, but I'd have to adjust. It'd come across as similar to Peregrine, Garnet, Topaz, Obsidian, Ivory. I like Perry as a NN.
This message was edited 1/26/2020, 12:15 PM
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Is it normal to pronounce Peridot with a silent T? As far as I've been aware, the T isn't silent
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I've actually never heard the T pronounced. It's my birthstone, and I've always heard it said as PER-i-doh.
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I worked in a high street jewellery chain for a couple of years. We never pronounced the T.
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It's a common usage, not sure why, other than that it sounds more like the French version, and the English etymology overlaps with French.
The Latin word it probably evolved from sounds like...
https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=la&tl=en&text=pæderot
The Latin word it probably evolved from sounds like...
https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=la&tl=en&text=pæderot
This message was edited 1/26/2020, 2:09 PM
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