InevitableSwing [none/use name] to askchapo • 1 year agoWhat is a word you realized you were pronouncing wrong until you heard someone else say it?imagemessage-square101 fedilinkarrow-up154
arrow-up154imageWhat is a word you realized you were pronouncing wrong until you heard someone else say it?InevitableSwing [none/use name] to askchapo • 1 year agomessage-square101 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareWhyEssEff [she/her]hexbear10·edit-21 year agoSubpoena, pronounced it as sʌb-pəʊ-ena (/suhb-pou-ehna/). There is no argument that oe should make an [i] sound. I refuse to entertain the thought. link
minus-squareWhyEssEff [she/her]hexbear9·edit-21 year agoAlso segue, pronounced it seɪg (/say-g/) until someone corrected me. link
Subpoena, pronounced it as sʌb-pəʊ-ena
(/suhb-pou-ehna/). There is no argument that oe should make an [i] sound. I refuse to entertain the thought.Also segue, pronounced it seɪg
(/say-g/)until someone corrected me.segue?
/sεg(y)u/Seg youit's
/sɛɡweɪ/, as in Segwayit's really more of a œ