TechCodex@programming.dev to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoTechnically, she's rightprogramming.devimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1624arrow-down119
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minus-squareLaticauda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·11 months agoWait there are people who pronounce women with an i?
minus-squareVlyn@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·11 months agoYes? English is only my second language, but the way I hear it: Woman: Whoman Women: Wimin or Wimen The latter is much shorter.
minus-squareLaticauda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·11 months agoHuh, for me it’s more like wuhmen vs wohman.
minus-squareCoggyMcFee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoThe i-pronunciation is commonplace enough that some feminists who want to avoid the word “men” spell “women” as “wimmin”, i.e. the phonetic spelling.
Wait there are people who pronounce women with an i?
Yes? English is only my second language, but the way I hear it:
Woman: Whoman
Women: Wimin or Wimen
The latter is much shorter.
Huh, for me it’s more like wuhmen vs wohman.
The i-pronunciation is commonplace enough that some feminists who want to avoid the word “men” spell “women” as “wimmin”, i.e. the phonetic spelling.