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InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago

What is a word you realized you were pronouncing wrong until you heard someone else say it?

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What is a word you realized you were pronouncing wrong until you heard someone else say it?

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InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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    don’t have a good answer to OP’s question but i just want to give a shoutout to my fellow IPA literate sickos in this thread fighting the good fight

    Death to America

    • alexandra_kollontai [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      Hexbear won’t understand this coded message: /'dəþ 'tu 'ði æm'εrɪkən 'længwədʒ/

      • comrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        ə7

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        stress markers on one-syllable words

        sicko-beaming

        Death to America

        • alexandra_kollontai [she/her]@hexbear.net
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          It means you say them louder hasel-fist

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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      IPA

      My brain interprets that as a horrible foreign language so if I want to share a pronunciation for simplicity’s sake I use dictionary.com. An example…

      Segue Definition & Meaning

      SEG-wey

      It’s not perfect but it’s the best site I know.

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]@hexbear.net
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      if it’s not on my computer keyboard it’s a made up sound!

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