JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 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-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down137file-text
arrow-up1211arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecartoon meme dog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·3 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-up12arrow-down4·3 months agoWhat kind of weirdo says chick-uhn?
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·3 months agoEnglish speakers globally
minus-squaredhhyfddehhfyy4673@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agohttps://c.tenor.com/l-OOGexZWZkAAAAC/tenor.gif
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?
English speakers globally
https://c.tenor.com/l-OOGexZWZkAAAAC/tenor.gif
https://xkcd.com/2907/