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Old 10th August 2018, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by xLuna&1LOVE View Post
I have asked before, but I haven't seen a response. Maybe it is the dumbest question on AHS in 2018, but nevertheless:

How are you guys pronouncing 'aeternal'? Like 'eternal' (I say it like this)
But every other song on TROUBLE starts with a w, so I was wondering if I should pronounce aeternal like 'waternal', 'weternal' lol.
From wikipedia:
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In recent times, it is also used to represent a short "a" sound (as in "cat"). Variants include Ǣ ǣ Ǽ ǽ æ̀.
She probably picked this because
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Given their long history, ligatures are sometimes used to invoke archaism or in literal quotations of historic sources;
I guess the idea was that she got old :B

But would need an official source saying the song's name. Maybe your theory is right considering the other tracks.
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