oregoncom [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoFreudian slip. He really wanted to say another word instead of "wiggers"hexbear.netimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10
arrow-up169arrow-down1imageFreudian slip. He really wanted to say another word instead of "wiggers"hexbear.netoregoncom [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareVenus [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoThat’s just the natural way an English speaker reads that combination of letters, we’d have to interact with someone who actually knows what a uyghur is in order to hear the correct pronunciation
minus-squareErika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year ago natural way an English speaker reads [uy] In what world?!
minus-squareVenus [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoWell, in this one for a start.
minus-squareErika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoAlright, checking a word list, there is “soliloquy”. But there is also words like “buy”.
minus-squarediegeticscream[all]🔻@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI think the “wee” sound comes from combining the “u” and the “y” sounds to be “oo-ee”, and that sounds like a “w” when you say it quickly. I can’t think of an English word that has an initial “uy”, so there’s not really anything to follow there.
That’s just the natural way an English speaker reads that combination of letters, we’d have to interact with someone who actually knows what a uyghur is in order to hear the correct pronunciation
In what world?!
Well, in this one for a start.
Alright, checking a word list, there is “soliloquy”. But there is also words like “buy”.
I think the “wee” sound comes from combining the “u” and the “y” sounds to be “oo-ee”, and that sounds like a “w” when you say it quickly.
I can’t think of an English word that has an initial “uy”, so there’s not really anything to follow there.