I recently read something disturbing at Merriam-Webster

[conuly]

It's been haunting my very dreams.

Answer the question before you click, please: How do you say the word "detritus"?

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Yeah, M-W is right
73 (83.9%)

Nah, they absolutely gotta be trolling us somehow
14 (16.1%)

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[pebblerocker]

I'd read the word, but had never heard it said, until this year. I was very glad to have heard a biologist say it and be able to file the pronunciation away for later.

Mind you, the same person does say "grarph" paper, where I go for "graff", so...

[conuly]

Is your dialect non-rhotic?

[pebblerocker]

Absolutely!