• mapiki@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    As someone who regularly mispronounces this as rhyming with almonds I feel a little attacked

    I also say the following wrong: Ikea, Nutella, idea. Somehow my bilingual brain just gives up.

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      11 months ago

      At the same time, it’s not pronounced as “samon”

      It’s either “saemon” or “semen” lol

      Is English fucked? Yes, yes, absolutely yes.

      • DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 months ago

        Um, Google search for: salmon definition gave the following result for pronunciation: /ˈsamən/ And the voice sounds like “samon”.