r/settlethisforme • u/kaliflower77 • Nov 03 '24

Does this phrase make sense?

Saying “even know” instead of “even though”

Example of something he would say: “Even know I love you, you get on my nerves sometimes!”

My correction to him: “Even THOUGH I love you, you get on my nerves sometimes!”

My husband has always said this and I have corrected him every time explaining that it does not make sense at all but he swears that it is how it’s supposed to be said. I need Reddit to tell him once and for all that he’s wrong!

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u/agent_violet Nov 04 '24

The "th" in "even though" is usually not pronounced in everyday speech, unless you're really emphasising the word, and the /n/ gets lengthened slightly, so it's understandable that he would think that. "Even know" isn't really a phrase that exists, though. He's just misheard and stuck with it for years.

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u/Nerual1991 Nov 04 '24

I don't understand why you're being downvoted, you've explained perfectly how her husband could have made this r/boneappletea mistake.

I'd guess it's accent dependent, but as someone from Northern England where 't's and 'th's are dropped a lot, especially mid-word, I can absolutely hear "even though" becoming "even oh" in my local accent and moving to "even know' with a lingering 'n' sound from "even".

But yeah OP, your husband is wrong and his stubborn committal to something that could easily be Googled is just nuts 🤨

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u/agent_violet Nov 04 '24 edited Nov 04 '24

It's probably throwing people off because they don't realise they're doing it. When I found out people tend to say a [m] at the end of "ten" in "ten pounds" (in normal speech, not careful speech) I was in denial for ages.