Artemisia VulgarisCommonMugwort@social.coop
Jul 4, 2026, 11:35 AMI wonder if I should have asked your ages instead of origins, as I am pretty certain ick-or was the only version I’d heard until 15, 20 years ago.
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Fredrik Graverfgraver@hcommons.socialJul 4, 2026, 11:52 AM@CommonMugwort I would say ick-or, or a variant closer to ich-kor, but my upbringing is unusual… (Diplomat’s kid, went to both british and North American-based schools before coming to Canada and living there from age 13 to 40…)
- Artemisia VulgarisCommonMugwort@social.coopJul 4, 2026, 11:56 AM
@fgraver Yes, many English speakers struggle with that kh sound, so I decided to leave it out.
Bethan M. Jenkinsgwenynen@toot.walesJul 4, 2026, 12:20 PM@CommonMugwort 47, somehow, improbably... 😬
- Artemisia VulgarisCommonMugwort@social.coopJul 4, 2026, 12:22 PM
@gwenynen 😆😆 I am unaccountably 55…
sunflowerinrainsunflowerinrain@mastodon.onlineJul 4, 2026, 12:41 PM@CommonMugwort
I can attest to eye-kor in England from 1960s, and I've not encountered ick-kor. Perhaps different in North America?- Artemisia VulgarisCommonMugwort@social.coopJul 4, 2026, 12:44 PM
@sunflowerinrain No, irrespective of where they’re from, most say “eye-”. I’m not sure I can trust my own memory of “ick-“ because I might just be extrapolating from Greek.