Who decides “proper” pronunciation?

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@puzzlegal

Oh, interesting. I know victuals from reading, and I’m also familiar with the word pronounced vittles, but it never occurred to me that they were the same word. The last time i remember that happening is when i learned that debris and d’bree were the same word.

@KarlGauss posted this pun in a thread over 10 years ago:

@KarlGauss

When its victual signs are absent?

I explained it a few posts later since I don’t think many understood the pronunciation.