Originally posted by: Karyudo
Or "melamine", say. Or even "vaccine".

Or do you propose we start pronouncing it "vaxini"?

Not a valid argument - these words have different roots, they are formed by the addition of the -ine suffix, meaning "a substance derived from".

Melamine comes from melam and amine, amine is a substance derived from ammonia. Vaccine comes from the latin "vacca" meaning cow. The first ever vaccine (for smallpox) was a substance derived from cowpox.

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