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Melpomene · 22-25, F
Because 1. e in lemon is short and in demon is long and 2. different origins (lemon is from arabic word limun while demon comes from greek daimon)
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Melpomene · 22-25, F
@RemovedUsername553523 It's different because English isn't a phonetic language and there are a lot of loanwords from other languages (look at number 2.), that's why it is important if /e/ is long or short and to know which language it came from