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Wikipedia lists the pronunciation of "et cetera" and "etc." (and "&c.") as / ɛ t ˈ s ɛ t ə r ə / , which, for those like me who don't know how to read IPA, means the first word, "et", ends in a "t" sound. Why, then, do we encounter / ɛ k ˈ s ɛ t ə r ə / so often in the wild, where the "et" is pronounced "ek"? I don't know – I'm not a linguist. And, let's be real, caring about so-called incorrect…
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