Has anyone ever mispronounced your last name?
okay okay I know the point of this is “White people need to put as much effort into learning how to pronounce Black people’s names as they do foreign European names” and 100% I totally agree, absolutely good point
but this tweet becomes hilarious in the context of this clip:
anyways, absolutely put effort into learning how people pronounce their names. just don’t feel bad if it takes you some time to get it right 😅
(also in case you didn’t watch the video it’s “N-SHOO-tee” not “SHOO-tee”)
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two important additions
How do you pronounce "film"?
1 syllable
2 syllables
Secret 3rd thing (explain!)
how many syllables does the word “smile” have and are you canadian?
- two syllables (smi-uhl), canadian
- one syllable (smile), canadian
- two syllables, not canadian
- one syllable, canadian
If you say multiple of them pick your most frequent. If you don't say it aloud that's okay; pick the one that sounds right to you.
Please say the following phrase out loud:
"Honey mustard"
Do you pronounce the words "cot" and "caught" the same way? (Even if it's only a very small difference, count it as different)
Same, native speaker from USA
Same, native speaker from different country
Same, non-native speaker
Different, native speaker from USA
Different, native speaker from different country
Different, non-native speaker
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Also: in case anyone complains about Americans thinking the US is special or whatever: the US makes up >60% of the native english speakers in the world (242m/380m according to wikipedia), so it's an easy split to make in this context, and I'm not even american lol :P
Note in ask :)
I'm a Gay Org, myself.
Reblog for larger sample size!
either "spiders gorg" or "spiders jorg" depending on mood tbh
at the goth bbq eating corn on the macabre
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