Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down110
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minus-squaremapiki@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoAs someone who regularly mispronounces this as rhyming with almonds I feel a little attacked I also say the following wrong: Ikea, Nutella, idea. Somehow my bilingual brain just gives up.
minus-squareSanyanov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoAt the same time, it’s not pronounced as “samon” It’s either “saemon” or “semen” lol Is English fucked? Yes, yes, absolutely yes.
minus-squareDAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoUm, Google search for: salmon definition gave the following result for pronunciation: /ˈsamən/ And the voice sounds like “samon”.
As someone who regularly mispronounces this as rhyming with almonds I feel a little attacked
I also say the following wrong: Ikea, Nutella, idea. Somehow my bilingual brain just gives up.
At the same time, it’s not pronounced as “samon”
It’s either “saemon” or “semen” lol
Is English fucked? Yes, yes, absolutely yes.
Um, Google search for: salmon definition gave the following result for pronunciation: /ˈsamən/ And the voice sounds like “samon”.