Why the Pfizer Vaccine’s New Name Feels so Awful to Say

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Why the Pfizer Vaccine’s New Name Feels so Awful to Say
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The news of the first COVID-19 vaccine to get full FDA approval has triggered some linguistic hesitation.

was also unease. As a phonetician—a linguist who studies how the sounds of the world’s languages are produced and perceived—I initially commiserated with others on Twitter who complained it feels like sticky peanut butter in the mouth.

Linguistically, some aspects ofare confusing in comparison to other English words we’re familiar with. For starters, according to the. Even that phonetic transcription choice is unclear: how are we supposed to pronounce ‘MIR’? While the letter sequence

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