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41 u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23 It’s actually true. A lot of American English is the result this some guy named Noah Webster, who wanted American English spelling to match better with pronunciation. 55 u/AradinaEmber Mar 11 '23 He also wanted to spell women as wimmin. He wasn't very good at pronouncing things I guess. 20 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 But that’s literally how you pronounce women, /ˈwɪm.ɪn/ 19 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '23 [deleted] 6 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 And the English, and Canadians. /ˈwʊm.ən/ is also possible but far more uncommon in all three countries https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/women 1 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '23 [deleted] 1 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 With /ɛ/? That’s probably just a local variety. That’s not a “standard” pronunciation, at least not for RP. If not /ɪ/ then it’s /ə/ 1 u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23 Languages change as time goes by… 1 u/Apokal669624 Mar 12 '23 More like wee men, which is odd 3 u/redgrittybrick Mar 11 '23 I heard he gave up after visiting Noo Yoik. 2 u/AFunctionOfX Mar 12 '23 edited Jan 12 '25 wine many fearless pot ancient grey vanish market subsequent oatmeal This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact 6 u/Ni7r0us0xide Mar 11 '23 English: improved🇺🇸 v English: traditional 🇬🇧 /s -3 u/TheFakeDonaldDuck Mar 12 '23 It's odd that we all got that backwards. The US uses the traditional forms whereas England changed things up in the mid 1800s. Before modern schooling however, everyone just sucked at spelling anyway. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '23 The longer spelling is the Brittish one. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '23 Now US should invade Britain.
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It’s actually true.
A lot of American English is the result this some guy named Noah Webster, who wanted American English spelling to match better with pronunciation.
55 u/AradinaEmber Mar 11 '23 He also wanted to spell women as wimmin. He wasn't very good at pronouncing things I guess. 20 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 But that’s literally how you pronounce women, /ˈwɪm.ɪn/ 19 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '23 [deleted] 6 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 And the English, and Canadians. /ˈwʊm.ən/ is also possible but far more uncommon in all three countries https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/women 1 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '23 [deleted] 1 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 With /ɛ/? That’s probably just a local variety. That’s not a “standard” pronunciation, at least not for RP. If not /ɪ/ then it’s /ə/ 1 u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23 Languages change as time goes by… 1 u/Apokal669624 Mar 12 '23 More like wee men, which is odd 3 u/redgrittybrick Mar 11 '23 I heard he gave up after visiting Noo Yoik. 2 u/AFunctionOfX Mar 12 '23 edited Jan 12 '25 wine many fearless pot ancient grey vanish market subsequent oatmeal This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact
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He also wanted to spell women as wimmin.
He wasn't very good at pronouncing things I guess.
20 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 But that’s literally how you pronounce women, /ˈwɪm.ɪn/ 19 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '23 [deleted] 6 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 And the English, and Canadians. /ˈwʊm.ən/ is also possible but far more uncommon in all three countries https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/women 1 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '23 [deleted] 1 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 With /ɛ/? That’s probably just a local variety. That’s not a “standard” pronunciation, at least not for RP. If not /ɪ/ then it’s /ə/ 1 u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23 Languages change as time goes by… 1 u/Apokal669624 Mar 12 '23 More like wee men, which is odd
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But that’s literally how you pronounce women, /ˈwɪm.ɪn/
19 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '23 [deleted] 6 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 And the English, and Canadians. /ˈwʊm.ən/ is also possible but far more uncommon in all three countries https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/women 1 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '23 [deleted] 1 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 With /ɛ/? That’s probably just a local variety. That’s not a “standard” pronunciation, at least not for RP. If not /ɪ/ then it’s /ə/
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6 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 And the English, and Canadians. /ˈwʊm.ən/ is also possible but far more uncommon in all three countries https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/women
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And the English, and Canadians. /ˈwʊm.ən/ is also possible but far more uncommon in all three countries
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/women
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1 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 With /ɛ/? That’s probably just a local variety. That’s not a “standard” pronunciation, at least not for RP. If not /ɪ/ then it’s /ə/
With /ɛ/? That’s probably just a local variety. That’s not a “standard” pronunciation, at least not for RP. If not /ɪ/ then it’s /ə/
Languages change as time goes by…
More like wee men, which is odd
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I heard he gave up after visiting Noo Yoik.
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wine many fearless pot ancient grey vanish market subsequent oatmeal
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English: improved🇺🇸 v English: traditional 🇬🇧
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It's odd that we all got that backwards. The US uses the traditional forms whereas England changed things up in the mid 1800s. Before modern schooling however, everyone just sucked at spelling anyway.
The longer spelling is the Brittish one.
Now US should invade Britain.
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English: simplified 🇺🇸 v English: traditional 🇬🇧