Talk:Warspite/@comment-112.198.72.139-20160902025049/@comment-25938809-20160902084413

@ Lumis - Well, pronunciation keys are important. Without one, I can look at that text's "admyrall" and read the "my" as "mer", similar to "myrrh". That's all that was needed when disproving the imfamous (hopefully less so, now that it's gone from trivia)  "admyral" snippet from an 18th century dictionary.

As for "ad-my-ral" being a nod to a 14th century pronunciation instead? OK, first and most importantly, find a 14th-century dictionary with a pronunciation key to confirm if that was indeed the way it was pronounced back then. Then, ask yourself why this shipgirl Warspite, whose ship form served under the command of RN ædmərəls from the 1910s-40s - centuries after the pronunciation as we know it had been established - still chooses to pronounce it "ad-my-ral"?

If this was a kanmusu of the 1596 galleon we were talking about, sure. The Grand Old Lady, though? Nope, my suspension of disbelief can't take it. Of course, you can believe whatever you want. I'm sticking with the likely theory that despite her good English speaking ability,  the seiyuu  wasn't familiar with the word "admiral" and understandably linked it to "admire", two similar-spelled but etymologically different words. Sorry for the text wall.