#pronunciation — Public Fediverse posts

Me anyway: "SEEZAR! SEEZAR!"

https://piefed.social/c/linguistics_humor/p/2022466/me-anyway-seezar-seezar

Me anyway: "SEEZAR! SEEZAR!"

https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/2022464/me-anyway-seezar-seezar

@Alice
While we're on the topic of Spanish pronunciation, Alice, how does one pronounce, "Happy Ed Balls Day," in Spanish?
https://twit.social/@davidbcohen/116481008247022618
#EdBallsDay #Spanish #Pronunciation #Languages #Holidays

@Alice
While we're on the topic of Spanish pronunciation, Alice, how does one pronounce, "Happy Ed Balls Day," in Spanish?
https://twit.social/@davidbcohen/116481008247022618
#EdBallsDay #Spanish #Pronunciation #Languages #Holidays

@Alice
While we're on the topic of Spanish pronunciation, Alice, how does one pronounce, "Happy Ed Balls Day," in Spanish?
https://twit.social/@davidbcohen/116481008247022618
#EdBallsDay #Spanish #Pronunciation #Languages #Holidays

@Alice
While we're on the topic of Spanish pronunciation, Alice, how does one pronounce, "Happy Ed Balls Day," in Spanish?
https://twit.social/@davidbcohen/116481008247022618
#EdBallsDay #Spanish #Pronunciation #Languages #Holidays

@Alice
While we're on the topic of Spanish pronunciation, Alice, how does one pronounce, "Happy Ed Balls Day," in Spanish?
https://twit.social/@davidbcohen/116481008247022618
#EdBallsDay #Spanish #Pronunciation #Languages #Holidays

日本の英語教育
Викладання англійської мови в Японії.

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Nippon-no-Ei-go-Kyouiku-1237356454

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#critical #flaw #english #education #Japan #fact #katakana #pronunciation #wonder #many #students #complain #audio #difficult #impossible #exam #hear #quite #simple #only #comprehend #authentic #foreign #simple #matter #fundamental

日本の英語教育
Викладання англійської мови в Японії.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=25790989

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#critical #flaw #english #education #Japan #fact #katakana #pronunciation #wonder #many #students #complain #audio #difficult #impossible #exam #hear #quite #simple #only #comprehend #authentic #foreign #simple #matter #fundamental

日本の英語教育
Викладання англійської мови в Японії.

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/ncf20f71a22b3

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#critical #flaw #english #education #Japan #fact #katakana #pronunciation #wonder #many #students #complain #audio #difficult #impossible #exam #hear #quite #simple #only #comprehend #authentic #foreign #simple #matter #fundamental

日本の英語教育
Викладання англійської мови в Японії.

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Nippon-no-Ei-go-Kyouiku-1237356454

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#critical #flaw #english #education #Japan #fact #katakana #pronunciation #wonder #many #students #complain #audio #difficult #impossible #exam #hear #quite #simple #only #comprehend #authentic #foreign #simple #matter #fundamental

日本の英語教育
Викладання англійської мови в Японії.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=25790989

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#critical #flaw #english #education #Japan #fact #katakana #pronunciation #wonder #many #students #complain #audio #difficult #impossible #exam #hear #quite #simple #only #comprehend #authentic #foreign #simple #matter #fundamental

日本の英語教育
Викладання англійської мови в Японії.

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/ncf20f71a22b3

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#critical #flaw #english #education #Japan #fact #katakana #pronunciation #wonder #many #students #complain #audio #difficult #impossible #exam #hear #quite #simple #only #comprehend #authentic #foreign #simple #matter #fundamental

🍷🎉 Georgian wine is apparently the OG of all wines, boasting an 8,000-year-old uninterrupted legacy. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just struggling to figure out how to pronounce "sommelier" without embarrassing ourselves. 🤦‍♂️ #Cheers to ancient grape juice! 🥂
https://www.wsetglobal.com/knowledge-centre/blog/2023/july/05/exploring-georgian-wine-history-grape-varieties-styles-and-amber-wine/ #GeorgianWine #AncientLegacy #WineHistory #Sommelier #Pronunciation #HackerNews #ngated

🍷🎉 Georgian wine is apparently the OG of all wines, boasting an 8,000-year-old uninterrupted legacy. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just struggling to figure out how to pronounce "sommelier" without embarrassing ourselves. 🤦‍♂️ #Cheers to ancient grape juice! 🥂
https://www.wsetglobal.com/knowledge-centre/blog/2023/july/05/exploring-georgian-wine-history-grape-varieties-styles-and-amber-wine/ #GeorgianWine #AncientLegacy #WineHistory #Sommelier #Pronunciation #HackerNews #ngated

🍷🎉 Georgian wine is apparently the OG of all wines, boasting an 8,000-year-old uninterrupted legacy. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just struggling to figure out how to pronounce "sommelier" without embarrassing ourselves. 🤦‍♂️ #Cheers to ancient grape juice! 🥂
https://www.wsetglobal.com/knowledge-centre/blog/2023/july/05/exploring-georgian-wine-history-grape-varieties-styles-and-amber-wine/ #GeorgianWine #AncientLegacy #WineHistory #Sommelier #Pronunciation #HackerNews #ngated

🍷🎉 Georgian wine is apparently the OG of all wines, boasting an 8,000-year-old uninterrupted legacy. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just struggling to figure out how to pronounce "sommelier" without embarrassing ourselves. 🤦‍♂️ #Cheers to ancient grape juice! 🥂
https://www.wsetglobal.com/knowledge-centre/blog/2023/july/05/exploring-georgian-wine-history-grape-varieties-styles-and-amber-wine/ #GeorgianWine #AncientLegacy #WineHistory #Sommelier #Pronunciation #HackerNews #ngated

27 English words people have a hard time enunciating properly, even native speakers

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/english-words-that-are-the-hardest-to-properly-enunciate-even-for-native-speakers-ex1

日本の英語教育
Викладання англійської мови в Японії.

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Nippon-no-Ei-go-Kyouiku-1237356454

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#critical #flaw #english #education #Japan #fact #katakana #pronunciation #wonder #many #students #complain #audio #difficult #impossible #exam #hear #quite #simple #only #comprehend #authentic #foreign #simple #matter #fundamental

日本の英語教育
Викладання англійської мови в Японії.

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Nippon-no-Ei-go-Kyouiku-1237356454

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#critical #flaw #english #education #Japan #fact #katakana #pronunciation #wonder #many #students #complain #audio #difficult #impossible #exam #hear #quite #simple #only #comprehend #authentic #foreign #simple #matter #fundamental

日本の英語教育
Викладання англійської мови в Японії.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=25790989

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#critical #flaw #english #education #Japan #fact #katakana #pronunciation #wonder #many #students #complain #audio #difficult #impossible #exam #hear #quite #simple #only #comprehend #authentic #foreign #simple #matter #fundamental

日本の英語教育
Викладання англійської мови в Японії.

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/ncf20f71a22b3

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#critical #flaw #english #education #Japan #fact #katakana #pronunciation #wonder #many #students #complain #audio #difficult #impossible #exam #hear #quite #simple #only #comprehend #authentic #foreign #simple #matter #fundamental

日本の英語教育
Викладання англійської мови в Японії.

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/ncf20f71a22b3

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#critical #flaw #english #education #Japan #fact #katakana #pronunciation #wonder #many #students #complain #audio #difficult #impossible #exam #hear #quite #simple #only #comprehend #authentic #foreign #simple #matter #fundamental

How is the English word “detergent” pronounced where you live?

#poll #pronunciation #regionalism

Hype for the Future 49D: The Galician Language

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/hype-for-the-future-49d-the-galician-language/

Ох уж этот английский
Oh this English

#английский #африка #уганда #тв #футбольные_команды #новости #диктор #ведущий #произношение #смешно #english #africa #uganda #tv #soccer_teams #news #announcer #pronunciation #funny #video #видео #videos #yura_karetin #yura15cbx

Ох уж этот английский
Oh this English

#английский #африка #уганда #тв #футбольные_команды #новости #диктор #ведущий #произношение #смешно #english #africa #uganda #tv #soccer_teams #news #announcer #pronunciation #funny #video #видео #videos #yura_karetin #yura15cbx

Ох уж этот английский
Oh this English

#английский #африка #уганда #тв #футбольные_команды #новости #диктор #ведущий #произношение #смешно #english #africa #uganda #tv #soccer_teams #news #announcer #pronunciation #funny #video #видео #videos #yura_karetin #yura15cbx

Ох уж этот английский
Oh this English

#английский #африка #уганда #тв #футбольные_команды #новости #диктор #ведущий #произношение #смешно #english #africa #uganda #tv #soccer_teams #news #announcer #pronunciation #funny #video #видео #videos #yura_karetin #yura15cbx

Ох уж этот английский
Oh this English

#английский #африка #уганда #тв #футбольные_команды #новости #диктор #ведущий #произношение #смешно #english #africa #uganda #tv #soccer_teams #news #announcer #pronunciation #funny #video #видео #videos #yura_karetin #yura15cbx

November 2025 Grab Bag o’ Humour

Kudos to Demi Moore for correcting the pronunciation of her name. It’s not Deh-MEE like we thought many years ago. It’s Duh-MEE as she corrected us. And it does take courage to correct the public.

Especially if you know that 10% of people are going to say DUH!-mee. As well, a further 25% of people are going to say Dummy or DUM-Ee.

Not to mention at least 1% will know her name is mispronounced but think its the second name. They will say Deh-MEE MOR or Deh-MEE MOR-Ay.

Correcting this pronunciation may be hard, but Duh-MEE can handle it.

*

24 Sussex Drive is supposed to be the First address in Canada. But first one prime minister discovered that repairs could be delayed to curry favour with the public. Then the next prime minister did the exact same. So eventually we are left with a rotting structure that no prime minister has lived in, in recent memory.

Not to be outdone, Donald Trump tore down the whole east wing of the White House in the United States. He says he is going to build a grand ballroom where the east wing once stood. But we all know Trump’s taste is toward the more garish.

Now Trump has set a new precedent for the next president. Perhaps the next president will tear it down to build something they think is better. Or maybe they like garish and will live in the ballroom while tearing down the west wing of the White House. Symmetry might demand two garish sides to the White House.

*

A few weeks ago, Elon Musk appeared on the Joe Rogan show and blamed immigrants for many things wrong with America.

“Musk and Rogan blamed immigrants for everything from budget shortfalls to democracy itself” said the article I linked to.

Elon Musk should know, himself being probably the most high profile immigrant in the United States. Tax his immigrant billions and I bet there will be no budget shortfall.

I wish all the problems of the world would be this easy to solve.

#24SussexDrive #budgetShortfall #demiMoore #donaldTrump #eastWingDestroyed #elonMusk #grandBallroom #immigrants #joeRogan #ottawa #pronunciation #thePublic #theWhiteHouse

My younger self thought "mé-mé" was the way to pronounce "meme".

#meme #internet #language #pronunciation #funny #childhood #memory #humour #growingup #relatable #socialmedia #wordplay #youth

Answered!!

Question for Irish speakers. Could you let me know how you pronounce "Donn Cúailnge"? I understand this regionally different, somewhere south Ireland-ish would be great.

Asking this for a story I'm writing, where characters engage in confusion over the name being pronounced wrongly.

FYI: Donn Cúailnge is a bull in Irish mythology

#irish #ireland #gaelic #pronunciation #DareToAsk

(As always: boosts appreciated!)

Go raibh maith agaibh! (Thank you all!)

Shalom, Hebrew learners! You asked, I answered! 🙌

Check out my lesson on the Hebrew letter “Resh”—master that rolling ‘R’ sound with ease! 🎶

Inspired by a student’s request, this one’s fun and packed with tips to nail your pronunciation. 📚✨

Dive in and let’s get that Resh rocking! 💬

#HebrewLessons #LearnHebrew #HebrewAlphabet #Pronunciation #LanguageLearning

What the hell is with all you lazy non #NJ people who can't pronounce three basic words differently?

https://youtube.com/shorts/Rahv6LI0UfQ

#Pronunciation #accents

People share words they inexplicably love, and it's a beautiful way to boost your vocabulary

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/words-people-inexplicably-love

Random Wikipedia #criticism (rant?)...

One of the things that bugs me about (English) #Wikipedia is how aspects of it are controlled by, for lack of a better word, #pedants, without consideration of the actual #readers - without considering the purpose of an encyclopedia.

One example of this is how, when an article features aspects of another language or dialect - for instance, something from Old English, or Arabic - where the reader will not be familiar with how to pronounce something presented transliterated to a modern Latin/English alphabet, or with a word shown in a non-Latin script entirely.

It used to be common in reference works to give a simple #pronunciation key that was at least close to the correct pronunciation, but was easily understood by a normal literate reader. You know; the stuff that looked like "ED-joo-KAY-shun" or "SHEH-joo-ull" or whatever.

Well, that's not good enough for Wikipedia most of the time. Instead, they give the pronunciation in International #Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), so you get stuff like "æɪ" and "aʊ" and "/ɔː/".

These are absolutely more #accurate guides to how a word should sound. And they are absolutely, completely #useless and #uninformative to 99% of people reading the article.

You know who already knows and is completely comfortable reading #IPA?

#Linguists. Students of language.

You know, the people who *already know* how to #pronounce the words. The people who don't actually need it.

#FFS.

#pedant #unhelpful #rant

Random Wikipedia #criticism (rant?)...

One of the things that bugs me about (English) #Wikipedia is how aspects of it are controlled by, for lack of a better word, #pedants, without consideration of the actual #readers - without considering the purpose of an encyclopedia.

One example of this is how, when an article features aspects of another language or dialect - for instance, something from Old English, or Arabic - where the reader will not be familiar with how to pronounce something presented transliterated to a modern Latin/English alphabet, or with a word shown in a non-Latin script entirely.

It used to be common in reference works to give a simple #pronunciation key that was at least close to the correct pronunciation, but was easily understood by a normal literate reader. You know; the stuff that looked like "ED-joo-KAY-shun" or "SHEH-joo-ull" or whatever.

Well, that's not good enough for Wikipedia most of the time. Instead, they give the pronunciation in International #Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), so you get stuff like "æɪ" and "aʊ" and "/ɔː/".

These are absolutely more #accurate guides to how a word should sound. And they are absolutely, completely #useless and #uninformative to 99% of people reading the article.

You know who already knows and is completely comfortable reading #IPA?

#Linguists. Students of language.

You know, the people who *already know* how to #pronounce the words. The people who don't actually need it.

#FFS.

#pedant #unhelpful #rant

Random Wikipedia #criticism (rant?)...

One of the things that bugs me about (English) #Wikipedia is how aspects of it are controlled by, for lack of a better word, #pedants, without consideration of the actual #readers - without considering the purpose of an encyclopedia.

One example of this is how, when an article features aspects of another language or dialect - for instance, something from Old English, or Arabic - where the reader will not be familiar with how to pronounce something presented transliterated to a modern Latin/English alphabet, or with a word shown in a non-Latin script entirely.

It used to be common in reference works to give a simple #pronunciation key that was at least close to the correct pronunciation, but was easily understood by a normal literate reader. You know; the stuff that looked like "ED-joo-KAY-shun" or "SHEH-joo-ull" or whatever.

Well, that's not good enough for Wikipedia most of the time. Instead, they give the pronunciation in International #Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), so you get stuff like "æɪ" and "aʊ" and "/ɔː/".

These are absolutely more #accurate guides to how a word should sound. And they are absolutely, completely #useless and #uninformative to 99% of people reading the article.

You know who already knows and is completely comfortable reading #IPA?

#Linguists. Students of language.

You know, the people who *already know* how to #pronounce the words. The people who don't actually need it.

#FFS.

#pedant #unhelpful #rant

Random Wikipedia #criticism (rant?)...

One of the things that bugs me about (English) #Wikipedia is how aspects of it are controlled by, for lack of a better word, #pedants, without consideration of the actual #readers - without considering the purpose of an encyclopedia.

One example of this is how, when an article features aspects of another language or dialect - for instance, something from Old English, or Arabic - where the reader will not be familiar with how to pronounce something presented transliterated to a modern Latin/English alphabet, or with a word shown in a non-Latin script entirely.

It used to be common in reference works to give a simple #pronunciation key that was at least close to the correct pronunciation, but was easily understood by a normal literate reader. You know; the stuff that looked like "ED-joo-KAY-shun" or "SHEH-joo-ull" or whatever.

Well, that's not good enough for Wikipedia most of the time. Instead, they give the pronunciation in International #Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), so you get stuff like "æɪ" and "aʊ" and "/ɔː/".

These are absolutely more #accurate guides to how a word should sound. And they are absolutely, completely #useless and #uninformative to 99% of people reading the article.

You know who already knows and is completely comfortable reading #IPA?

#Linguists. Students of language.

You know, the people who *already know* how to #pronounce the words. The people who don't actually need it.

#FFS.

#pedant #unhelpful #rant

Random Wikipedia #criticism (rant?)...

One of the things that bugs me about (English) #Wikipedia is how aspects of it are controlled by, for lack of a better word, #pedants, without consideration of the actual #readers - without considering the purpose of an encyclopedia.

One example of this is how, when an article features aspects of another language or dialect - for instance, something from Old English, or Arabic - where the reader will not be familiar with how to pronounce something presented transliterated to a modern Latin/English alphabet, or with a word shown in a non-Latin script entirely.

It used to be common in reference works to give a simple #pronunciation key that was at least close to the correct pronunciation, but was easily understood by a normal literate reader. You know; the stuff that looked like "ED-joo-KAY-shun" or "SHEH-joo-ull" or whatever.

Well, that's not good enough for Wikipedia most of the time. Instead, they give the pronunciation in International #Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), so you get stuff like "æɪ" and "aʊ" and "/ɔː/".

These are absolutely more #accurate guides to how a word should sound. And they are absolutely, completely #useless and #uninformative to 99% of people reading the article.

You know who already knows and is completely comfortable reading #IPA?

#Linguists. Students of language.

You know, the people who *already know* how to #pronounce the words. The people who don't actually need it.

#FFS.

#pedant #unhelpful #rant

If you want to hear the #NewPope say doobeeedoobeedoo, have it courtesy of Dr Geoff Lindsey's analysis of his accent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I33mhMYGwOY

#PopeLeo #linguistics #pronunciation #vowelShift

At my work's annual meeting, we did an exercise of telling a colleague a difficult phrase in your native language.

I chose bɔ́'əl ó wóː'ə, which they couldn't understand and didn't believe was English.

To many southern Brits, it is of course "bottle of water"!

#BritishEnglish #Pronunciation #EnglishPronunciation #GlottalStop

At my work's annual meeting, we did an exercise of telling a colleague a difficult phrase in your native language.

I chose bɔ́'əl ó wóː'ə, which they couldn't understand and didn't believe was English.

To many southern Brits, it is of course "bottle of water"!

#BritishEnglish #Pronunciation #EnglishPronunciation #GlottalStop

At my work's annual meeting, we did an exercise of telling a colleague a difficult phrase in your native language.

I chose bɔ́'əl ó wóː'ə, which they couldn't understand and didn't believe was English.

To many southern Brits, it is of course "bottle of water"!

#BritishEnglish #Pronunciation #EnglishPronunciation #GlottalStop

At my work's annual meeting, we did an exercise of telling a colleague a difficult phrase in your native language.

I chose bɔ́'əl ó wóː'ə, which they couldn't understand and didn't believe was English.

To many southern Brits, it is of course "bottle of water"!

#BritishEnglish #Pronunciation #EnglishPronunciation #GlottalStop

At my work's annual meeting, we did an exercise of telling a colleague a difficult phrase in your native language.

I chose bɔ́'əl ó wóː'ə, which they couldn't understand and didn't believe was English.

To many southern Brits, it is of course "bottle of water"!

#BritishEnglish #Pronunciation #EnglishPronunciation #GlottalStop

Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong

https://wonger.dev/posts/pronunciations

#HackerNews #TechTerms #Pronunciation #Mistakes #Learning #TechLanguage #HackerNews

I really wish the person running this meeting would stop pronouncing the word "checkbox" as if it were "chexbox" (or checksbox?).

I'm not even going to speculate about how she pronounces "asterisk". (Actually, I'm pretty sure I know. Just like Goscinny and Uderzo's Gaul. 🙄)

Anyway, it's a small pet peeve, but it's still a peeve. So I'm peevish.

#pronunciation #PetPeeve #pedantic #grouchy

Watching videos of Americans trying to pronounce Chinese words is confusing. On the one hand, it's nice to see them getting away from controlled media in the US. On the other, they have no idea how to pronounce xiaohongshu and haven't bothered to look it up.

Just for future reference the "x" in pinyin is similar to the "sh" sound, but English doesn't have it. Using an "sh" sound is a better approximation of the sound in Mandarin, rather than the random assortment of sounds that I keep hearing.

[ #XHS #tikTok #xiaoHongShu #pronunciation #mandarinChinese #Chinese ]