• @EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works
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    281 year ago

    Let’s be honest here, English does not have that level of consistency. “Women” is pronounced with an “i” for christ sake

    • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
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      -61 year ago

      Because the a in woman is pronounced the same way the e in women is pronounced…

      Probably that was originally introduced by some medieval swinger society, so they could say that they are faithful to their women and technically not be lying about it. When the church figured out they introduced the o as an i thing.

      • Pyro
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        101 year ago

        Because the a in woman is pronounced the same way the e in women is pronounced…

        woman = wum-en
        women = wim-in

        Yeah I’m gonna have to disagree with you there, chief.

        • i always eas taught the plural to be pronounced as “wi-men” I also cannot remember any english TV show or so to talk about wimin, so where the second ibis explicit as an i and distinguishable from an e