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...I just found out that "elytra" is pronounced e-lə-trə ("ele" as in "electric"), rather than e-lai-trə
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@lizardsquid explains why the repair material is beetle-flavored (I forgot the exact name of the item)
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@lizardsquid also in terms of how things are pronounced, watching german minecraft youtubers/streamers can sometimes be very fascinating in terms of butchered english due to despite a German translation existing by now, the game started out being only available in English, so a lot of people are still used to the English terms
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it's originally an entomology term about beetle wings.
From a linguistic perspective of course, the Correct™ pronunciation of a word is the way the majority of speakers pronounce it - and I think there are far more minecraft players saying /e.lai.trə/ or /e-lɪ-trə/ than there are entomologists saying /e-lə-trə/