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It was great until my thumb slipped and I accidentally launched my telescope into the air at Mach 8.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (10 children)

"Sidereal" pronounced /saɪˈdɪəriəl, sə-/ sy-DEER-ee-əl, sə-

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I get I never learned phonetics but how tf do you pronounce upside down e

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's the phonetic symbol for schwa, which is like a relaxed "uh" sound.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Oh it's so obvious now.

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