Which is it? Which do you use? Are there different associations between them?

I've always said it "comrad," but when I started to meet people in orgs, they predominantly say "comrayd" (within the same country).

  • iridaniotter [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    Just stick with /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ honestly. If you accidentally use it on an anti-communist you can just say you thought they were a fellow member of the LGBT community.

    (I'm American and say comrad)

    • miz [any, any]
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      2 months ago

      is that a rendering of 同志 in... IPA? doesn't look like IPA to me but I have little knowledge of it

        • miz [any, any]
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          2 months ago

          TIL how IPA does tone marks with those small numbers. very cool

          • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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            2 months ago

            There are a few different ways IPA can represent tone. I've more commonly seen tone represented with ˩ ˨ ˧ ˦ ˥ which can form ligatures like ˦˧˥