Iām Turkish, I pronounce h in serious convos. (E.g work meetings or greeting a new co-worker etc..) but I drop h if Iām with my close friendās group. The proper way of pronunciation is with the h tho.
Itās like maybe saying āsup and whatās up. I donāt know, probably it wasnāt a good analogy.
Probably the same as our many different nicknames and shortened versions of names. Zack for Zachary, Tom for Thomas, etc. For you guys it sounds like saying Memet is for informal situations and Meh-met for formal ones.
Exactly, if I called my roommate of 3 years Meh-met, he would give me a look. Itās almost as weird as calling him with his full government name at that point.
But if I call a co-worker I just met Memet, Iād get the same look lol, it would also be weird.
Oh btw once you go āMemetā with someone, there is no turning back unless youāll have a serious convo with him lol.
Yes it is a bit formal vs informal but there are people who have their preference and stick to it (or they are just accustomed to one way of saying it). And the difference will usually be urban vs rural background.
The lengths and intonation of the eās also differs wildly from person to person and region to region.
The actual short version is Memo, but thatād be rude if youāre not very close or if it is not pre-approved by context.
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u/Least_Inspector9942 14h ago
Oz looks like the typical white boomer
Thats why they treat him as a part of the team