JakyllaM to Linguistics HumorEnglish · 9 months agoPhonetics negociationimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down14
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minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoThen you get Portuguese speakers with the [tʃ] allophone adapting all those words with [tʃ] into [ʃ]. And the ones with [ti] into [tʃi]. Like: EN ⟨chip⟩ → PT [ʃipe]~[ʃipi] EN ⟨team⟩ → PT ⟨time⟩ [tʃime]~[tʃimi] All the time. Like, there is [tʃ], but if the word is spelled with ⟨ch⟩ people won’t bother! Me singing in Polish Kayah? You were listening to Kayah, weren’t you?
Then you get Portuguese speakers with the [tʃ] allophone adapting all those words with [tʃ] into [ʃ]. And the ones with [ti] into [tʃi]. Like:
All the time. Like, there is [tʃ], but if the word is spelled with ⟨ch⟩ people won’t bother!
Kayah? You were listening to Kayah, weren’t you?