Jul 13, 2022
please don't say "eck cetera". etc is a contraction of et cetera, a Latin phrase which means "and the rest", which is why we use it to convey a meaning of "yadda yadda yadda" or "and so on". it's pronounced ETT SETT-uh-rah. this is a similar transposition as "expresso" for espresso and it's understandable because the consonants are sort of tricky, but just practice and you'll be fine. it doesn't help that etc gets misspelled as ect so much too.