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XKCD #2819: Pronunciation (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by tja@sh.itjust.works to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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I pronounce the 'u' in 'pronunciation' like in 'putting' but the 'ou' in 'pronounce' like in 'wound'.

Transcript[The word "Tuesday", with each letter labeled by a box with an arrow:] T: As in buffet u: As in minute e: As in record s: As in use d: As in moped a: As in bass y: As in gyro

[Caption below the panel:]
Pet peeve: Ambiguous pronunciation guides

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[-] positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

The english language is ... missing some litterary updates.
A is pronounced [ei]. E is [ii] and I is [ai]. What's up with that.

[-] dot20@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

IIUC the problem is that they updated the pronunciation without updating the spelling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

[-] e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 9 points 10 months ago

I started learning Japanese recently. It's made me realizehow sloppy English is with vowel sounds.

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