Moss Spelling Dictionary

psyoodevernia, and what it gets right

heard as psyoodevernia

spelled pseudevernia

Pseudevernia. The letters eu carry the vowel.

What the ear did

This rendering keeps the difficult silent p and then spells the easy part phonetically, which is a common shape for a heard spelling. People hold on to whatever they know is unusual and improvise the rest.

Sound decision: a Latin or Greek vowel pair. Said soo-de-VER-nee-uh.

P-S-E-U-D-E-V-E-R-N-I-A

The full entry for pseudevernia covers the name itself.

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