I'd ring that
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Looks like we pronounce it like the Swede's do, and German is halfway to English pronunciation. I would probably blame the Germanic parts of English along with significant Swedish settlement in US cheese producing regions.
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You call French inconsistent, I call you ignorant of its rules. They are many, they are complex, they don't make sense (but, surprisingly, languages don't ever make sense, they just are), but are for the most part consistent. Especially compared to English.
In French, "eau" is pronounced like "o". It's dumb. But it's always true. Meanwhile, the "i" in "alive" and "live" are pronounced differently for no good reason.
The "i" in alive and live are pronounced differently, but the "i" in alive and live are pronounced the same.
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Typing requires thumbs; something only primates have.
...another thing that (some) primates have is an island where rich people go to molest children.
Some of these primates are greedy and/or terrible primates, and they don't want you to look up any connection between a primate named Trump and a primate named Epstein (spoiler alert, those primates rape underaged primates and brag about it to each other).
Or..
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Neesh? Nitch?
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Mate.. This post is about a funny meme about word pronunciation. There is no need to bring us politics here (or any other nation politics for that matter). There are other places you can go to to talk about it.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Folks like you are gonna tell me that I'm doing too much, meanwhile others say we aren't doing enough.
My secret is; I know what to do and when.
Edit: checks notes, amemds notes: microblogs on Lemmy are probably apologetic fascists, or I am very drunk.
Double edit: Lady butterfly!? We were just talking about pulling hair together! I feel betrayed in a small box.
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Over time, that is what normally happens to language (even French, yeah looking at you Gauls).
But, English and especially North American English is so predominate in the world, that may stop its otherwise natural development.
/not a linguist just friends with some.
English just needs a new orthography. Languages change in many ways, and phonetic drift is natural, it's just that there hasn't been a spelling reform to accommodate them, and at this point it's gotten out of hand.
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Uhh I mean sometimes people can correct you on things to help you out. It might help you avoid an embarrassing situation down the line. Not everyone is out to be an asshole
I'm talking about the embarrassment. Maybe you haven't experienced people being mean about it, but some of us have.
Rarely have I experienced people nicely correcting me or others. Its usually mean and involves laughing.
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mispronounces a word
friendly person tells them how it's pronounced
"Its one of many mechanisms that helps me cut past the bullshit and realize who is absolute fucking scum "
I believe that the person correcting you isn't the one with a problematic mindset
You presume they're a friendly person. You cannot comprehend being bullied or laughed at. Some people, myself included, and some I have witnessed get laughed at. Especially in certain workplaces.
You simply assume nobody is a jerk, and so you cannot comprehend how meaningful those rude interactions are. Presumably because you experience some kind of privilege that others don't frequently attack how you're "different."
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You take offense at being corrected? Rather than take responsibility for making a mistake, you blame others for correcting you. That is something Trump does. I hope you grow out of this phase of your life, for your own sake.
wrote last edited by [email protected]So explain to me how I'm supposed to take it when the supervisor laughs with my colleagues about it and then continues to bring it up at later meetings?
"Omg you don't know how to pronounce that? That's is so funny. Hey Mark, guess what?"
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"Maybe yiu should get a refund for your degree..."
And other fucking bullshit.
I mean just one fucking example. I also personally know others who have experienced this.
Enjoy your fucking privilege that nobody treats you as "different" in life. The rare occasions a person who actually has a shred of fucking decency corrected me, they did it nicely. Yes that happens. But the numerous others times where straight up fucking assholes make an embarrassing scene out of it ... somehow that's MY fault??
Go fuck yourself.
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I appreciate being told the correct pronunciation of something, as long as it isn't done in a dickish way.
Also, *gives, *It's
I was literally talking about the dickish way. Of course it's fine if someone is polite about it. Thats not my common experience, and I know others who also have experienced being bullied about it many times.
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I'm talking about the embarrassment. Maybe you haven't experienced people being mean about it, but some of us have.
Rarely have I experienced people nicely correcting me or others. Its usually mean and involves laughing.
Sure I've experienced that before and it sucks. But it doesn't automatically mean that everyone's trying to be an ass.
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Neesh? Nitch?
wrote last edited by [email protected]First one. It's a borrowed word so pretend you're French
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Neesh? Nitch?
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Does he say "chaos" with a soft "ch" as well?
He also pronounces “tome” like “tomb”
My roommate in college did that. Drove me nuts, but the worst was that he rhymed "epitome" with "tome."
Social studies teacher in high school dinged me 5 points for pronouncing epitome as epi-tome. Ended up with 95/100 but it's the principle of the matter.
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it's wild to think that we embed miniature copies of Greek and Latin into English, for doing science and medicine. not just words, I mean a functional grammar fully stocked with roots and morphemes. we just make words like "holographic," "isotope" and "synesthesia" (Greek), "accelerometer", "prefabricated" and "refrigerator" (Latin), or hybrids ("television", "microscope.")
English is such a wonderful mutt of a language.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Fuck hybrids that mix greek and latin....
The worst offender: Decathlon, Greek sports in a Greek event (Olympics) and they use DECA!
/sGreetings from a Norwegian. (Some words of Norse origin, mostly those of pre Norman origin)
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Social studies teacher in high school dinged me 5 points for pronouncing epitome as epi-tome. Ended up with 95/100 but it's the principle of the matter.
I don't agree with that decision. Unless you had been specifically taught the proper pronunciation previously and still mispronounced it, the teacher should have just corrected you and moved on.
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Chitin.
(kai-tin)
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I've looked it up a bunch of times and I still don't know if potable is "POTE-ah-bull" or "POT-ah-bull"
Potent Potables -- from (SNL's) Celebrity Jeopardy.
