I’m curious now if there are English words (American or the fancy kind) that non-native speakers commonly over-pronounce when goofing around in a similar way.
I can’t remember where I saw it but there was a Polish guy who could not say “earlier”. He kept saying it like “air lee air” and eventually gave up and said “before” with almost no accent.
The spelling and pronunciation that brits hate was made by a brit. guy couldn’t seem to remember what he named the metal and kept calling it slightly different things while his peers wanted it to have the same word ending as other elements.
Americans basically did this with the English phrase ‘each to their own’, by saying ‘to each their own’ just to sound fancier. Then it caught on and now you all say it this way.
I’m curious now if there are English words (American or the fancy kind) that non-native speakers commonly over-pronounce when goofing around in a similar way.
“Squirrel” for me. I can either pronounce it with a huge french accent or with a huge bad American accent. No in-between.
I’m really struggling to imagine ‘squirrel’ said with a French accent, what happens to that ‘rr’ sound?
Oh that’s a good one, I can totally hear it in my head!
I can’t remember where I saw it but there was a Polish guy who could not say “earlier”. He kept saying it like “air lee air” and eventually gave up and said “before” with almost no accent.
Pretty sure “hamburger” and “Texas” are a couple
Aluminum? Or is that more of a ‘regional differences’ thang?
If I were a Brit I would definitely make it a point to bust out my worst American accent and call it Alumin(no i)um whenever possible.
The spelling and pronunciation that brits hate was made by a brit. guy couldn’t seem to remember what he named the metal and kept calling it slightly different things while his peers wanted it to have the same word ending as other elements.
try saying “lamb” as a non-native without sounding like you’re saying “lem”
Americans basically did this with the English phrase ‘each to their own’, by saying ‘to each their own’ just to sound fancier. Then it caught on and now you all say it this way.