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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)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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w(uh)man to w(ih)men

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I remember a discussion on reddit saying there was a US dialect (perhaps PNW?) that changed the pronunciation of the -man/-men part of the word rather than the o, but I couldn't get many further details at the time.

Anyone heard anything about this?

[–] 1371113 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I know when I pronounce it, it’s different on the a/e - NZ English.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We do also tend to change the o at the same time, at least I do. Although I spent 10 years in the uk in my 20's so that has had some effect on how I speak.

[–] 1371113 1 points 4 months ago

Depends on how fast I’m talking but, yup. South islanders do it more than north ime.

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