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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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To distinguish between the word woman and women, we change the A to an E, but only change the pronunciation on the O. (lemm.ee)

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w(uh)man to w(ih)men

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[–] dustyData 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As someone who learned English as a second language. Yes, that pronunciation exists, I've heard it used on films. I don't know if it is a formally defined or linguistically studied thing. But I can hear the different ways the exact same word is vocalized wildly different by different native English speakers. And they always claim theirs is the only correct way of saying it, even though they still somehow understood what was said.

[–] 1371113 1 points 3 months ago

North Atlantic accent I think it’s called. Have a read of the wiki. Kinda interesting.