we really need to get some linguists on Lemmy because i miss communities like r/fauxnetics
this is why they should just teach IPA in schools lol whats the point of these phonetic spellings when the point is that many dialects of english pronounce the same word differently
OP was probably talking about /'pi.cæn/ as in “can of beans” compared to /pɪ’can/ as in “con man”. they altered “pee” even though that part sounds nearly the same! probably because a Pee Can is a funny image.
Also are we going to talk about the fact that I’ve never heard anyone outside of the south pronounce pecan as “pee-can?”
What? Canada pronounces it “pee-can” instead of “peh-cawn”.
Yeah, we follow the pronunciation rules of English. What pronunciation rules does “peh-cawn” follow?
Where are those?
I’m not talking about that far North.
✋ I’m not from the south and I pronounce it pee-can along with everyone I know
we really need to get some linguists on Lemmy because i miss communities like r/fauxnetics
this is why they should just teach IPA in schools lol whats the point of these phonetic spellings when the point is that many dialects of english pronounce the same word differently
OP was probably talking about /'pi.cæn/ as in “can of beans” compared to /pɪ’can/ as in “con man”. they altered “pee” even though that part sounds nearly the same! probably because a Pee Can is a funny image.
As a northerner, I’ve never heard pee-can either. I think it’s a straw man for southerners