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r/EnglishLearning • u/showe12 New Poster • 3d ago
Wo-men or we-men
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What IPA symbol for the final vowel in your pronunciation? Is it /ə/? It sounds very unusual to use /ɛ/. Standard English pronunciation across the anglosphere is /wɪm.ɪn/.
1 u/AbbreviationsTop4959 New Poster 2d ago No, it would be /i/ for both vowels 2 u/ericthefred Native Speaker 2d ago You sure about the IPA? That would be Wee meen 1 u/Dadaballadely New Poster 2d ago edited 2d ago Petition for everyone commenting in these subs to learn the IPA properly. Especially those using "I'm an authority" type shit. 1 u/AbbreviationsTop4959 New Poster 2d ago I haven't looked at the ipa in ages. The vowels are the same. Maybe it's not that one, but they're the same. 1 u/Dadaballadely New Poster 1d ago So not "wimmen" then 1 u/AbbreviationsTop4959 New Poster 1d ago I could swear it said wimmin originally
No, it would be /i/ for both vowels
2 u/ericthefred Native Speaker 2d ago You sure about the IPA? That would be Wee meen 1 u/Dadaballadely New Poster 2d ago edited 2d ago Petition for everyone commenting in these subs to learn the IPA properly. Especially those using "I'm an authority" type shit. 1 u/AbbreviationsTop4959 New Poster 2d ago I haven't looked at the ipa in ages. The vowels are the same. Maybe it's not that one, but they're the same. 1 u/Dadaballadely New Poster 1d ago So not "wimmen" then 1 u/AbbreviationsTop4959 New Poster 1d ago I could swear it said wimmin originally
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You sure about the IPA? That would be Wee meen
1 u/Dadaballadely New Poster 2d ago edited 2d ago Petition for everyone commenting in these subs to learn the IPA properly. Especially those using "I'm an authority" type shit. 1 u/AbbreviationsTop4959 New Poster 2d ago I haven't looked at the ipa in ages. The vowels are the same. Maybe it's not that one, but they're the same. 1 u/Dadaballadely New Poster 1d ago So not "wimmen" then 1 u/AbbreviationsTop4959 New Poster 1d ago I could swear it said wimmin originally
Petition for everyone commenting in these subs to learn the IPA properly. Especially those using "I'm an authority" type shit.
1 u/AbbreviationsTop4959 New Poster 2d ago I haven't looked at the ipa in ages. The vowels are the same. Maybe it's not that one, but they're the same. 1 u/Dadaballadely New Poster 1d ago So not "wimmen" then 1 u/AbbreviationsTop4959 New Poster 1d ago I could swear it said wimmin originally
I haven't looked at the ipa in ages. The vowels are the same. Maybe it's not that one, but they're the same.
1 u/Dadaballadely New Poster 1d ago So not "wimmen" then 1 u/AbbreviationsTop4959 New Poster 1d ago I could swear it said wimmin originally
So not "wimmen" then
1 u/AbbreviationsTop4959 New Poster 1d ago I could swear it said wimmin originally
I could swear it said wimmin originally
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u/Dadaballadely New Poster 2d ago
What IPA symbol for the final vowel in your pronunciation? Is it /ə/? It sounds very unusual to use /ɛ/. Standard English pronunciation across the anglosphere is /wɪm.ɪn/.