amniotic druid@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIt's kind of funny how we mocked old people for years over mispronouncing "meme" and as soon as they got it right, we came up with "Pepe"message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down111
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareIt's kind of funny how we mocked old people for years over mispronouncing "meme" and as soon as they got it right, we came up with "Pepe"amniotic druid@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareGreenBeanMachine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·2 days agoIt’s not the fault of the people for mispronouncing, it’s the fault of the English language. In majority of languages, words are pronounced the same as they are written/spelled.
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoPlenty of other languages don’t pronounce words how they are spelled. I’m studying Russian, plenty of letters have different sounds than their spelling sound depending on where they are in the word or sentence.
minus-squareexaybachae@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThe phonetic alphabet is so cool!
It’s not the fault of the people for mispronouncing, it’s the fault of the English language. In majority of languages, words are pronounced the same as they are written/spelled.
Plenty of other languages don’t pronounce words how they are spelled.
I’m studying Russian, plenty of letters have different sounds than their spelling sound depending on where they are in the word or sentence.
The phonetic alphabet is so cool!