Have I been mis-prouncing it this whole time? English is not my first language I am French. I am talking about Oligarchy
oh, it’s garlicky
Have you never heard of an accent before?
No I haven’t. Up until I read these replies on Lenny I had no idea it was a thing. TIL
You are correct. It is le garky not la garky. But Bernie does not follow the norms of gendered language.
Bernie has a very strong Brooklyn accent which is why the R turns to aw, but either pronunciation is totally fine.
The further NE you go in the US the more non-rhotic the dialect becomes, more or less.
No, you’re right. It’s just how it sounds with Sanders’ distinct accent.
The second vowel is an unstressed “i”. In most varieties of English, since it is unstressed, we pronounce it as a schwa, which sounds roughly like “uh”.
If you’d like to articulate that syllable, like you might do in French, then pronounce it like the “i” in “sit”. That’s completely optional.
Some east coast areas, like where Sanders is from, inherited non-rhoticity from England. The “r” is pronounced in most US accents.
Hey cool thanks for this! Love learning about language and have never even heard this term before , or I guess as Bernie would say “I have Nevah even head of this tem befoe” lol
If you loved this then you will likely enjoy British linguist YouTuber @DrGeoffLindsey.
I’ll also toss A Way with Words on the pile too. It’s a long running NPR-adjacent radio show/podcast about linquistics.
My favorite was a dive they did on the descriptor “like a dead preacher” to refer to an annoying awkward thing to move.
Bernie Sanders can pronounce it however the fuck he wants, with as thick of a brooklyn accent as he wants.
He has earned at least that much lol
You say to mah to, I say to may to… we both agree that we need to tear down this unjust vegetal system and sing Les Marseilles while we do it.
Most words will sound different every few miles. There are countless regional accents, meaning there is no right or wrong. I’m northern Irish and I say mir instead of mirror. It’s wrong but it’s not wrong, if you know what I mean.
You should hear how us mountain folk pronounce it.
Awl-uh-garky, or all-uh-gurky are the two most common at my shooting club (and yes, left wing shooting clubs exist in the south, even here in the sticks).
I’ve been pronouncing it all-e-glucky
