#2814: Perseids Pronunciation

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

How to pronounce the name of the Perseids meteor shower

[A table is divided into two columns and four rows.]

[Row 1:]

Generally accepted

PER-see-ids

PURSE-yids

[Row 2:]

Also heard sometimes

Per-SEE-ids

Per-SAY-ids

[Row 3:]

Generally frowned on

Per-SIDES

Per-ZAY-uds

PER-suds

[Row 4:]

Definitely wrong

Perky-ids

Pewpewpews

Per-say-says

Percies Purps

Pepsids Peeps


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

When speaking out loud, you can can call it the 'Perseids meatier shower' and no one will ever know. (If you do get caught somehow, just tell them to Google the 'Kentucky meat shower' and that will distract them while you escape.)

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