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EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 2 years agoLet’s be honest here, English does not have that level of consistency. “Women” is pronounced with an “i” for christ sake
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EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 2 years agoLet’s be honest here, English does not have that level of consistency. “Women” is pronounced with an “i” for christ sake
tryptaminev@feddit.de 2 years 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.
Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 2 years ago
woman = wum-en
women = wim-in
Yeah I’m gonna have to disagree with you there, chief.
tryptaminev@feddit.de 2 years ago
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