[ SECRET POST #3342 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3342 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[fscom]

06. http://i.imgur.com/VKMXtn9.png

[blitzwing]

It's rocks man, the real issue is someone care enough about the pronunciation of a rock term to write a mini lecture about it.

[(Anonymous)]

it's not a "rock term" it's a time term

[blitzwing]

I've only ever heard rock people use it, about rocks. It's a rock term about time.

[(Anonymous)]

DA You haven't read much then. It's not commonly used, but it gets used enough that it's hardly a rare term.

OP, it pisses me off too. If you're going to write a mini-lecture on something you should get your facts right first. Yeesh.

[diet_poison]

It's used to refer to the history of the Earth in general, which is relevant for more than just geology - biology is another huge thing it's used for.

[(Anonymous)]

They are pronounced the same in some accents and dialects.

[(Anonymous)]

+1.

[(Anonymous)]

Which accents? I'm always interested in which accents have particular mergers!

[(Anonymous)]

God yes, this. It pisses me off for the same reason BBC Sherlock does.

[(Anonymous)]

How are they connected?

[(Anonymous)]

Acting very authoritative and smug about something that you're not only wrong about, but that thirty seconds of research would have SHOWED you you're wrong about. That's the entire premise of BBC Sherlock.

Well, they're pretty close.

[(Anonymous)]

The first pronunciation on dictionary.com is [ep-uh k]. And my Webster's first is \ˈep-ək\. And epic is \ˈep-ik\, but the sounds are close and since the letter i often takes on the \ə\ sound, I'm not sure I'd really notice it if someone pronounced them the same.

Re: Well, they're pretty close.

[(Anonymous)]

I tried pronouncing them when I saw the secret, and I pronounce epoch as \ˈep-ək\ and epic as \ˈep-ik\ and they sound really, really similar. Not exactly the same, but really similar. And I was a Biology person in college who used the term in a more formal setting. (Heck, if you listen to them on Merriam Webster's site (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epoch vs http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epic ) they really don't sound that different to me there either, and that is an "official" version.) So I really don't see the reason for the OP's anger. Even if I understand the frustration in someone not doing research.

Re: Well, they're pretty close.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Even if I understand the frustration in someone not doing research.

Yeah, I get that. But I also get hearing it pronounced and just assuming, as I'm guessing the fic author might have.

[(Anonymous)]

Epoch is never pronounced like "epic". I'd be surprised if it was. The second syllable of epoch is like between "ock" and "uck".