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by nvrspyx 1254 days ago
Off topic, but thank you for introducing the word "synecdoche" to me.
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Did you look up how to pronounce it? I was mispronouncing it for like a year after seeing “Synecdoche New York” (it’s kinda pretentious, not for everyone). My coworker laughed at me when I said the name to him. I’d only ever seen it written, and did not look at a pronunciation chart. Wah wah.

Just in case anyone else is getting it wrong like I was …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=v-n1vGeVIXo

(But really, https://youtu.be/u8_LDxZReTc)

Movie recommendation: Synecdoche New York
Now the question for non-native speakers is: How to pronounce that word? ;D
Sin-eck-da-key

Or at least, that's how I'm hearing it from Google.

I'd pronounce it See-Neh-Doal-Kee
there is no L in it
L sounds like a short "OO" in Brazilian Portuguese, and he asked how a non-native would pronounce it...
Exactly