JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 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-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square2linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoI remember a discussion on reddit saying there was a US dialect (perhaps PNW?) that changed the pronunciation of the -man/-men part of the word rather than the o, but I couldn’t get many further details at the time. Anyone heard anything about this?
minus-squaresparky@lemmy.federate.cc@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoNative Portlander here, that’s definitely not us. Wuh-man and Wim-min.
I remember a discussion on reddit saying there was a US dialect (perhaps PNW?) that changed the pronunciation of the -man/-men part of the word rather than the o, but I couldn’t get many further details at the time.
Anyone heard anything about this?
Native Portlander here, that’s definitely not us. Wuh-man and Wim-min.