The things you learn: pronouncing “thorough”

[pne]

In Gregg shorthand (simplified), “thorough” is written th-e-r-o.

I would have used different vowels there, so I tried to see where those came from.

The first was easiest; I was expecting a STRUT vowel there, since I have STRUT in case such as “hurry”, but I have heard NURSE in such words from Americans. Essentially, I have “hu-ry” while they have

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[otana]

(And now, thorough sounds extremely odd to me. Typical result of listening to a word over and over!)

Do you know why this is? I get it all the time and it seems to be fairly universal, but I've got no idea why.

[pne]

No, I don’t know the details, either. But I’m sure there’s a scientific name for the phenomenon!

[dandelion]

semantic satiation, I believe :)

[pne]

The definition in the Wikipedia article certainly sounds as if it fits (and it lists a whole host of other terms that have cropped up in the scientific literature over the years).

Jamais vu seems to be a related phenomenon.

Thank you!

[pne]

On the topic of your userpic, do you want to give access to and/or subscribe to me on Dreamwidth? (I’m “pne” there, too.)

[otana]

Sure, I've got a stack of them sitting there that I haven't dealt with yet, I'll go do it now.