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| Thread ID: 146456 | 2018-08-08 23:07:00 | They don't know the difference | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1452433 | 2018-08-09 10:54:00 | You obviously did not read what I wrote. I reiterate - woman is pronounced as it is written, women is pronounced "wimmen." Surely that's simple enough for your tiny brain? :lol: All part of the language ;) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1452434 | 2018-08-09 22:20:00 | Roscoe - it pi$$es me off, too :) A bit like "any think" instead of "any thing" :( |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1452435 | 2018-08-09 23:08:00 | Yup ... who's instead of whose loose instead of lose fink instead of think their instead of there there instead of their of instead of off to instead of too In short, the stuff of social media (and without pointing the finger, on these pages by some regular contributors). Speech or prose sometimes - if you're lucky - peppered with funny malapropisms, but far too often being just ignorant misuse of the language. Or laziness. Or too much influence from (particularly) American TV. I just held up social media as blameworthy, but on reflection, it's not entirely its domain. MSM is just as guilty these days. |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1452436 | 2018-08-10 08:21:00 | It's not a matter of evolving - it's just ignorance. It's mispronunciation. That simple. If you don't pronounce the two words differently, how is one to know just what you are talking about? Who says it is pronounced "wimmen"? and besides the difference is in the context. Exactly as the difference between red (the colour) and read (the book); between lead (the metal) and led (up the garden path). |
decibel (11645) | ||
| 1452437 | 2018-08-10 10:07:00 | Who says it is pronounced "wimmen"? and besides the difference is in the context. Exactly as the difference between red (the colour) and read (the book); between lead (the metal) and led (up the garden path). English was never meant to be easy, and here's some complications: Noun ... red (the colour) - pronounced "red" Past tense ... read (a book) - pronounced "red" Present tense ... read (a book) - pronounced "reed" and Noun ... lead (the metal) - pronounced "led" Past tense ... led (the way)- pronounced "led" Present tense ... lead (the way) - pronounced "leed" So, your broad brush about context is correct although only in the singular / plural sense in the example. The two words are different: essentially one is singular (woman) and the other is plural (women), both following from the male "man" and "men". The difference is more a product of our local (NZ) vowel pronunciation. Confusing? Think how it must be to those whose native language is not English. |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1452438 | 2018-08-10 20:58:00 | Y of instead of off . of instead of have. As in "should of", instead of should have. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1452439 | 2018-08-10 23:40:00 | Listening to some people on the radio and television I hear that they don't know the difference in pronunciation between "woman" and "women." "Woman" is pronounced as it is spelt and "women" is pronounced "wimmen" and yet some people pronounce them the same.:waughh: It seems as though some people's education is lacking and they just don't know the difference. It's appalling. :( +1 to that. And more often than not, it's the women doing the mispronouncing. On National Radio, anyway. |
rumpty (2863) | ||
| 1452440 | 2018-08-11 02:34:00 | I call them war-men cause they always beat me in a battle. | Kame (312) | ||
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