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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•2 months agoMy Midwestern ex wife pronounced it “aig” A long “a” sound. I’m a Southerner so for me it’s egg. With a eh sound.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-22 months agoOhh yeah, I have heard “aig” before. I didn’t even think of that as a different pronounciation, just an accent.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•2 months agoOf course. But my mind categorizes them separately… As in, in two speakers with the same accent can have two different “pronounciations” of a word. And likewise, one “pronounciation” can sound differently coming from two different accents.
My Midwestern ex wife pronounced it “aig”
A long “a” sound. I’m a Southerner so for me it’s egg. With a eh sound.
Ohh yeah, I have heard “aig” before. I didn’t even think of that as a different pronounciation, just an accent.
I mean… That’s the same thing
Of course. But my mind categorizes them separately… As in, in two speakers with the same accent can have two different “pronounciations” of a word. And likewise, one “pronounciation” can sound differently coming from two different accents.