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  • SituationCakeEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    It irks me when people say ‘aks’ instead of ask. I know it shouldn’t, because maybe that’s just what they heard growing up or have trouble pronouncing ask, but gee it makes my eye twitch when I hear it.

    • omoikiriEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Personally I find things like that kinda cute. We all have quirks in our language.

      Mr Omoikiri, the engineer, frequently makes fun of me because I call the ‘accelerator’ the ‘eggselerator’. I don’t realise I’m doing it. It’s just how I say it.

      There are some words that he will never pronounce correctly no matter how many times I correct him. His native pronunciation always gets in the way of ‘news’ (he says new-ss not newz), ‘mayonnaise’ (he say ‘mah-yo-naise’) and ‘vitamin’ (he says ‘vitta-min’). They were borrowed into Japanese with that pronunciation and they’ve just stuck.

      Edit: actually I take it back I really hate the way he says ‘news’

      • Seagoon_English
        2·
        1 year ago

        After a couple of years of living in the US I never noticed accent and pronunciation, I just heard the voices of my friends. 😊