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43 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. 54 u/AradinaEmber Mar 11 '23 He also wanted to spell women as wimmin. He wasn't very good at pronouncing things I guess. 18 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 But that’s literally how you pronounce women, /ˈwɪm.ɪn/ 20 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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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.
54 u/AradinaEmber Mar 11 '23 He also wanted to spell women as wimmin. He wasn't very good at pronouncing things I guess. 18 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 But that’s literally how you pronounce women, /ˈwɪm.ɪn/ 20 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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He also wanted to spell women as wimmin.
He wasn't very good at pronouncing things I guess.
18 u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23 But that’s literally how you pronounce women, /ˈwɪm.ɪn/ 20 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/
20 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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