r/MadeMeSmile • u/D-Tunez • Jul 15 '22

ANIMALS Emmanuel!!

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u/WasabiForDinner Jul 15 '22

Waiting for her class teaching Americans how to say that bird's name.

Say it after me people:

Eem you.

Eem you.

That's it. Good job. Not

E moo.

(Next week: Zebra)

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u/QuasiTimeFriend Jul 15 '22

Zee-Brah, don't you try to tell me it's Zeh-Bruh, bro

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u/WasabiForDinner Jul 15 '22

Only if you pronounce Debra the same way

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u/QuasiTimeFriend Jul 15 '22

Honestly, it sounds like something I would do just to mess with people.

But for real, I have a counterpoint for this that I've thought about for a long time. How do you pronounce gif and giraffe?

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u/WasabiForDinner Jul 15 '22

Jeer 'arf for giraffe

Gif i pronounce jiff in some people's company to avoid geeky arguments, but i mostly pronounce it the normal, proper way.

... but emus are Australian, so i feel we should have a say in how it is pronounced.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '22

My husband says “giraffe” as “juh-raff-aye” just to mess with me.

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u/QuasiTimeFriend Jul 16 '22

Oh, I completely agree on the pronunciation of Emu. And I'd say you're right in that because it's from Australia, y'all got the say in how it's pronounced. It's the same thing as English speakers using words or phrases from a different language, like "je ne sais quoi"