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How Chrono Trigger Taught Me The Word ‘Epoch’ (www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com)
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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 9 points 2 weeks ago

Additionally, “EE-pock” has the distinction of sounding as unpleasant as the word actually looks. I can’t quantify this opinion, but yeah, I think in addition to not sounding great, epoch also looks ugly.

I could not take this article seriously or absorb any meaningful information in it as I was too distracted by the unnecessary and overly long sudden hate boner paragraph for the word "epoch". Who made a random retro game writer adjudicator and style guide for the English language?

Epoch is a great word, there is no confusion between it and "epic", and you can use it just fine. It has a much better ring to it as the airship name in Chrono Trigger than "era" would and I find the author wrong on all counts.