• @[email protected]
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    81 year ago

    However none of those have the g-i-f sequence and have the j sound.

    So the criteria for pronunciation is other words that have the exact same letters? What does that mean for the pronunciation of “women”?

    • @[email protected]
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      -11 year ago

      Women Vs world? Women Vs Woo? Women Vs work? Women Vs wonder?

      Cause the “wom” sequence would be…
      Women Vs Womb?
      Women Vs Wombat?

      The arguement is obviously nonsense.
      It’s going into syntax of words to get pronunciation, instead the acronym/name.
      Which is funny, because that’s exactly what’s happening in the gif/jif argument.

      • @samus12345
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        31 year ago

        Not sure what you’re trying to say, but not a single one of those words pronounce the “wo” like it is in “women.”

        • @assassin_aragorn
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          31 year ago

          It seems to be closest to the i in fish – hence the fun alternate spelling of photi

          • @samus12345
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            21 year ago

            Ghoti is better (using the “gh” in “enough”), and yep.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Womb and women are pronounced the same (well, except the ending).
          Unless it’s a local dialect thing where “women” is pronounced “wimin”?

          • @samus12345
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            21 year ago

            Nobody I’ve ever heard pronounces it “woo-min”, only “wimmin.” Definitely not a local dialect.

              • @[email protected]
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                11 year ago

                Are you from PNW? I think I remember a video from reddit where someone said woo-min and a commenter said they’re from there and say it like that.