Jhogenbaum@leminal.space to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agoGringos out here wilin'leminal.spaceimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1646arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1640arrow-down1imageGringos out here wilin'leminal.spaceJhogenbaum@leminal.space to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square20linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareZagorathlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoOh! I pronounced Les with a voiced final consonant, so it never even occurred to me to pronounce it that way. That’s clever.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoI’m not sure what that means. Did you think it was pronounced Lez/Liz?
minus-squareZagorathlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoYeah. Like “Leslie”, without the “lie”. Or like the French plural definite article (when the final consonant is pronounced due to a liaison) “les”.
Oh! I pronounced Les with a voiced final consonant, so it never even occurred to me to pronounce it that way. That’s clever.
I’m not sure what that means. Did you think it was pronounced Lez/Liz?
Yeah. Like “Leslie”, without the “lie”. Or like the French plural definite article (when the final consonant is pronounced due to a liaison) “les”.