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- linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
- cross-posted to:
- linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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
or /ɪɛztɛɪaɪ/ depending on whether you treat the final phoneme of moped as /t/ or /d/ -> [t]
Yep. The ⟨s⟩ in use could also be /s/, I just wrote what first came to mind.
And ⟨e⟩ in record /ɪ/, etc. etc.