• tigeruppercut
    91·
    11 months 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”?

    • towerful@programming.dev
      34·
      11 months 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months 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.”

        • towerful@programming.dev
          1·
          11 months 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

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

              • tigeruppercut
                1·
                11 months 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.