#pronounciation — Public Fediverse posts

Hey #linguist types...

I don't know exactly how to explain this, but is there a thing where the (I don't know what it is called} the sound at the end of some consonants, especially the letter "T" is being softened or is disappearing?

For example, I hear people (somewhat more frequently in the UK, but also in the US) pronouncing a word like "cotton" more like "caugh-en." Maybe I haven't explained myself clearly, but if you have an idea and a better way to describe this and whether it is a real, new thing, I would appreciate hearing!

#linguistics #pronounciation

Went to ship a package the other day and the guy in the Post Office insisted on trying to pronounce my name. He did pretty great, considering the surprising twists I've heard. Said he takes pride in guessing people's pronounciations, told him he surprised me with his near-perfect guess.
#extra #consonants #mispronounce #pronounciation #surname #given #name #chosen #spelling #uncle #namesake #junior #third #fourth #inherit #moniker #Russian #grandparents #USA #immigrants #power the #UnitedStates

People who live in #VictoriaBC or #Saanich, how do you pronounce "Boleskine Road"?

People from elsewhere (especially Scotland) feel free to reply but please don't vote. This is about the road connecting Harriet Road to Saanich Road near the border between Victoria and Saanich. It is not about the area along the shore of Loch Ness even if that's what the road is named after.

#yyj #pronounciation #linguistics

The Evolution of Classical Chinese Characters and their Pronunciation in Mandarin.
古漢字字形演變及其官話讀音。
https://youtu.be/EbxohNCoJHM?si=M4jpuPvIpvtJ03kO
Having noticed someone inquiring about classical Chinese bronze inscription characters on Facebook, I therefore recorded a video to illustrate them.
適見Facebook有客詢商周金文，吾遂錄像以闡之。

#chinese #character #characters #classical #ancient #mandarin #pronounce #pronounciation #script #evolution #illustration #illustrate #explain #describing #clarify #elucidate #中文 #漢語 #漢字 #古漢字 #金文 #字形 #演變 #font #fonts

Of course, everyone knows that the word "Ghoti" is actually pronounced /fɪʃ/ just like "Fish"...
You don't? Please have a look at its dedicated Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti

#ghoti #pronounciation #fish #wikipedia #english

Latin in bug names frequently throws me, but there are many others.

#language #pronounciation #fail #booksmarts

Words We Think We Know, but Can’t Pronounce: The Curse of the Avid Reader https://getpocket.com/explore/item/words-we-think-we-know-but-can-t-pronounce-the-curse-of-the-avid-reader

Carrie, Spencer, Doug and the coffee-smalltalk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgSEzCjN2dg

than just an EAR, to bear, beard, fear, pear, hear, heard, heart

mind how to lipread those if hearing be rather/just optional?

#pronounciation #words #english #learning #easy #tutor #tutoring #teacher #teaching #language #languages #nouns #school #student #students #uni #university #notes #funny #comedy #writing #sounds #hard #remember #dontforget #hearing #deaf #experiment

"Why is The Great Vowel Shift also called the Great Vowel Movement?"

"Oh, that's because English took a huge dump on its own pronunciation."

#GreatVowelShift #GreatVowelMovement #EnglishLanguage #dump #pronounciation #BowelMovement

zsh or zish? #pronounciation

I usually don't have a strong opinion about the difference between #AmericanEnglish and #BritishEnglish. Frankly, I just use them interchangeably.

Saying zed when you mean z is so much better than saying see for both z and c. The previous sentence also sounds better when you read it as zed:

Saying zed when you mean see is so much better than saying see for both see and see.

#English #Pronounciation #PronounciationMatters

How do you pronounce the word "specific"? I recently found that I've been pronouncing it incorrectly as [sˈpəsɪfɪk], instead of the correct [spəˈsɪfɪk], a similar case is "official" I said [ˈəfɪʃ(ə)l] instead of the correct [əˈfɪʃ(ə)l].

#ESL #English #pronounciation #tips

When did the CBC radio team give up on pronouncing the letter “t”?

I just heard an announcer I love who does a fantastic R&B show call Bill Wither’s famous tune something that sounded like “Anal Sunshine.”

I’m not picking on her in particular. It’s something I’m hearing across the service lately.

#language #billwithers #pronounciation #music #CBC

Do you pronounce the L in salmon?

There's not a right or wrong answer, so please don't tell people they're wrong. It seems to be some sort of regional or age thing and I'm curious about where the divisions are.

Please vote and comment age and region etc

Please share. Thanks 😊

#pronounciation #curious
#PleaseShare #Poll

After Björn Rabenstein's historical talk about "the plural of #Prometheus", here's another favorite which now lives rent-free in my heart: the correct #pronounciation of #kubectl by @phrawzty at #KCDFrance 🎉🥐🇫🇷

Prometheus:
https://youtu.be/B_CDeYrqxjQ?t=14

Kubectl:
https://youtu.be/OKIehz7p4ug?t=3608

Call me silly but these never fail to make me smile :')

I know how USians pronounce the g in Ghibli, but how do you _think_ it should be pronounced?

#StudioGhibli #pronounciation #GSound

"They are" is the one that always trips me up. I've gotta reconfigure my lips for it. :) #pronouns #pronounciation

How to pronounce ‘leverage’?
Feel free to comment.
#phonetics #uk versus #us #English #pronounciation