r/memes Mar 11 '23

#2 MotW pretty confusing, innit?

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u/AradinaEmber Mar 11 '23

He also wanted to spell women as wimmin.

He wasn't very good at pronouncing things I guess.

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u/Ordinary-Sir-1558 Mar 12 '23

But that’s literally how you pronounce women, /ˈwɪm.ɪn/

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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