Aesthetic is often incorrectly pronounced aestetic, as if there were no h in the word. The correct pronunciation is with a th sound, as in thick, at the beginning of the second syllable.
Aesthetic is often incorrectly pronounced aestetic, as if there were no h in the word. The correct pronunciation is with a th sound, as in thick, at the beginning of the second syllable.
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Posted by Rachel V. in Pronunciation
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Keep in mind the “h” is probably just dropped out as a result of assimilation. aesthetic is harder to pronounce than aestetic, and it doesn’t really make any difference in terms of understandability.
To further comment about this common mistake, is that I have noticed that typically the person who says “aestetic” instead of aesthetic is most likely a person who thinks that he/she is the only one who knows how to say it correctly and that the rest of the world is wrong.
it is true..