oregoncom [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoFreudian slip. He really wanted to say another word instead of "wiggers"hexbear.netimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down10
arrow-up162arrow-down1imageFreudian slip. He really wanted to say another word instead of "wiggers"hexbear.netoregoncom [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarecasskaydee [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago So your point is basically that /uj/ is to your ears closer to /wi/ than to /oj/? Pretty much yeah. For the same reason the French “oui” sounds like “wee” to Anglophones and is usually reproduced that way to them.
minus-squareErika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoFrench ‘oui’ literally is pronounced /wi/, though. That’s what any French dictionary will tell you. Do you say ‘muy bueno’ as ‘mwee bwennow’ too?
Pretty much yeah. For the same reason the French “oui” sounds like “wee” to Anglophones and is usually reproduced that way to them.
French ‘oui’ literally is pronounced /wi/, though. That’s what any French dictionary will tell you.
Do you say ‘muy bueno’ as ‘mwee bwennow’ too?