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tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

I remember a discussion on reddit saying there was a US dialect (perhaps PNW?) that changed the pronunciation of the -man/-men part of the word rather than the o, but I couldn’t get many further details at the time.

Anyone heard anything about this?

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dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
As someone who learned English as a second language. Yes, that pronunciation exists, I’ve heard it used on films. I don’t know if it is a formally defined or linguistically studied thing. But I can hear the different ways the exact same word is vocalized wildly different by different native English speakers. And they always claim theirs is the only correct way of saying it, even though they still somehow understood what was said.

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- 1371113@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  North Atlantic accent I think it’s called. Have a read of the wiki. Kinda interesting.
  
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1371113@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I know when I pronounce it, it’s different on the a/e - NZ English.

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- BlueEther@no.lastname.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  We do also tend to change the o at the same time, at least I do. Although I spent 10 years in the uk in my 20’s so that has had some effect on how I speak.
  
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  - 1371113@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Depends on how fast I’m talking but, yup. South islanders do it more than north ime.
    
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sparky@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Native Portlander here, that’s definitely not us. Wuh-man and Wim-min.

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