@gwire@mastodon.social2026-02-21 11:36:06
Watching a YouTube video, and distracted by the "20-something British male" AI voice model they've used keeps pronouncing Gigawatt as "jigga-watt".
(It's often a pronunciation style for people who were children when Back to the Future was a contemporary movie.)
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-03-13 20:16:36
Travis Etienne Jr. reveals the correct way to pronounce his last name https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7116252/2026/03/13/travis-etienne-jr-name-pronunciation/
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems2026-04-06 04:34:32
An underappreciated feature of the #Polish language (and a few related languages too) is that it features the colloquial interjection "no" that means "yeah". So when the text is mixing English and Polish you may get confused. However, in spoken language the pronunciation is different, as Polish "no" ends with a short open "o".
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe2026-04-07 03:04:48
Toulouse or Vosges?
#etymology #France
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@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social2026-02-27 02:57:39
self-overheard:
*hums tune*
*with near impeccable Chinese pronunciation* no wait that’s just smash hit Tong Nian by Taiwanese pop legend Lo Tayou
@groupnebula563@mastodon.social2026-02-27 02:57:39
self-overheard:
*hums tune*
*with near impeccable Chinese pronunciation* no wait that’s just smash hit Tong Nian by Taiwanese pop legend Lo Tayou
@shriramk@mastodon.social2026-01-25 16:25:45
RE: https://mastodon.social/@shriramk/115956634402331444
It's also a great illustration of the ambiguity of English pronunciation, e.g., "e" in "earth" vs "heart" and even more so "gh" in "ought" vs &q…
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks2026-04-11 17:52:24
Very interesting podcast episode on how Mississippi public schools are improving reading ability. One tactic that surprised me was the use of "coaches" who sit in on lessons and correct a teacher's pronunciation (e.g., tortoise) on the spot. #mississippi #reading #teaching #education #podcast #nytimes #pronunciation https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/podcasts/the-daily/mississippi-schools-test-scores.html
@theodric@social.linux.pizza2026-03-23 08:55:52
Getting really sick of people just winging it with pronunciations in scripted YouTube videos (and, I assume, in life). If you don't know the word you just encountered for the first time in your rigorous Wikipedia skimming, LOOK IT UP! "Oh but I'm a voracious reader and I pick up lots of words I've never heard spoken UwU" -> STFU and go vore your dictionary next. Be a responsible language user.