• DrMango@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Wait until you find out that primer, as in a small tutorial or short teaching material, is pronounced with a short i sound like is found in “fin,” “mix,” and “fringe.”

    Primmer.

    That one really boiled my noodle recently.

    • force@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      that’s an american thing, i don’t think it’s standard in UK english to pronounce “primer” as in an introductory text differently from “primer” as in a substance used to prime explosives or prime materials for painting

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        9 months ago

        Same here in Canada, I’ve never heard “primmer” in my life, they are all pry-mer.

        The fun one here on the Prairies is the name for the black and white sheepdog. Some say call-ie and some say coal-ie. I code switch them depending who I’m talking to, and though I grew up with call-ies I now live in a coal-ie area and that’s become my main pronunciation.

        It applies to many similar words, however I will never strain my pasta with a coal-ander as that just sounds ridiculous to me.

        • Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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          9 months ago

          in french we usually say “border” for collies. It’s possible because “border” doesn’t mean anything else