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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

To distinguish between the word woman and women, we change the A to an E, but only change the pronunciation on the O.

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To distinguish between the word woman and women, we change the A to an E, but only change the pronunciation on the O.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

w(uh)man to w(ih)men

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Except by your own pronunciation guide:

w(uh)man to w(ih)men
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  Yeah that’s the spelling part OP is referring to
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    But the pronunciation changes there too^*, contrary to what OP says.
    
    ^* ^Maybe ^there ^are ^regional ^{pronunciation} ^differences ^I’ve ^never ^heard ^of ^before?

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