JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agoTo distinguish between the word woman and women, we change the A to an E, but only change the pronunciation on the O.message-square40fedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down140file-text
arrow-up1220arrow-down1message-squareTo distinguish between the word woman and women, we change the A to an E, but only change the pronunciation on the O.JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecartoon meme dog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·4 months agoit’s normal for unstressed short vowels in English to all come out as a “schwa”, which the most common phoneme of the language. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel
minus-squareThe Assman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down4·4 months agoWhat kind of weirdo says chick-uhn?
minus-squaredhhyfddehhfyy4673@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agohttps://c.tenor.com/l-OOGexZWZkAAAAC/tenor.gif
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·4 months agoEnglish speakers globally
minus-squareBirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoI don’t pronunce any of those words like that. Maybe stadium I pronounce the same. Maybe.
it’s normal for unstressed short vowels in English to all come out as a “schwa”, which the most common phoneme of the language.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel
What kind of weirdo says chick-uhn?
https://c.tenor.com/l-OOGexZWZkAAAAC/tenor.gif
English speakers globally
I don’t pronunce any of those words like that. Maybe stadium I pronounce the same. Maybe.
https://xkcd.com/2907/