I’ve always pronounced the word “Southern” to rhyme with howthurn. I know most people say it like “suthurn” instead. I didn’t realize that the way I pronounce it is considered weird until recently!
I’ve always pronounced the word “Southern” to rhyme with howthurn. I know most people say it like “suthurn” instead. I didn’t realize that the way I pronounce it is considered weird until recently!
My British brain thinks that the short-e pronunciation would be spelt with a double-n. Since some letter doubling has been removed in US English spelling (“travelling” vs. “traveling” springs to mind), the US spelling could easily mean either pronunciation.
This does all make me very uncomfortable about the word “panel” though…