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Can you say shibboleth
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this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2024
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Wait until you find out that primer, as in a small tutorial or short teaching material, is pronounced with a short i sound like is found in "fin," "mix," and "fringe."
Primmer.
That one really boiled my noodle recently.
that's an american thing, i don't think it's standard in UK english to pronounce "primer" as in an introductory text differently from "primer" as in a substance used to prime explosives or prime materials for painting
Same here in Canada, I've never heard "primmer" in my life, they are all pry-mer.
The fun one here on the Prairies is the name for the black and white sheepdog. Some say call-ie and some say coal-ie. I code switch them depending who I'm talking to, and though I grew up with call-ies I now live in a coal-ie area and that's become my main pronunciation.
It applies to many similar words, however I will never strain my pasta with a coal-ander as that just sounds ridiculous to me.
in french we usually say "border" for collies. It's possible because "border" doesn't mean anything else