"Pedophile"...the correct pronunciation?

[chula]

@Mr Creosote

Am I the only one that assumes that pedophile is someone with a (reasonably) healthy love of feet whilst paedophile is something entirely more icky.

Perhaps that’s just a slightly warped British point of view though.

Warped indeed! Mixing Latin and Greek roots… now that’s perverse.

[Critical_Mass]

@Mr Creosote

Am I the only one that assumes that pedophile is someone with a (reasonably) healthy love of feet whilst paedophile is something entirely more icky.

Perhaps that’s just a slightly warped British point of view though.

I think that would be a podophile (as in podiatrist). I’m at a loss to explain a pedicure, though.

[chula]

@qwest

I think that would be a podophile (as in podiatrist). I’m at a loss to explain a pedicure, though.

Easy. “Ped-” is Latin and “pod-” is Greek.

[Northern_Piper]

@Starving Artist

Btw, how’d you get that “ae” thing in your post? I’ve been wishing I could do that since I started this thread.

I’m on an iMac: option + ’ key.

Dunno about them PC things.

[Starving_Artist]

@Northern Piper

I’m on an iMac: option + ’ key.

Dunno about them PC things.

Yeah, thanks, you lucky Mac guy/girl. I love Macs and in a perfect world I’d have one. :rolleyes:

[Helena]

On a PC: Alt+0230