Sorry if this comes across as pedantic, I’m genuinely curious and taking an interest
No worries, they’re good questions 😄. I’ll have to get someone else to weigh in, since I’m not all that confident on how each Canadian accents might pronounce it. Certain words have varying pronunciations across the country. This could be a fun question for our census at the end of the year
I’m confused, I don’t pronounce it fed-uh-verse or fed-eh-verse.
It’s very much fed-ih-verse, where the vowel is pronounced the same as in feddit. I tried to explain this using the International Phonetic Alphabet but that shit is extremely confusing to me.
However you do make a valid point about lazy American pronunciations. They tend to become dominant regardless of whether they are technically correct.
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 3 months ago
Aha, yeah, you’re not the first and won’t be the last to opt for Fede over Fedi.
Question though. Don’t the accents change the sound from e to eh? I thought it was a place on the Canadian stereotype of ending sentences with eh?
Sorry if this comes across as pedantic, I’m genuinely curious and taking an interest. Consider it a learning moment for me. 🥺
otter@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
No worries, they’re good questions 😄. I’ll have to get someone else to weigh in, since I’m not all that confident on how each Canadian accents might pronounce it. Certain words have varying pronunciations across the country. This could be a fun question for our census at the end of the year
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Cuz language is driven by lazy American mouths (like mine) fedUHvurse will win this ideological battle inho
imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I’m confused, I don’t pronounce it fed-uh-verse or fed-eh-verse.
It’s very much fed-ih-verse, where the vowel is pronounced the same as in feddit. I tried to explain this using the International Phonetic Alphabet but that shit is extremely confusing to me.
However you do make a valid point about lazy American pronunciations. They tend to become dominant regardless of whether they are technically correct.
Speculater@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Gif Jif wars version 2.0 begun they have.