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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink25•2 years agoWait there are people who pronounce women with an i?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish29•2 years agoYes? English is only my second language, but the way I hear it: Woman: Whoman Women: Wimin or Wimen The latter is much shorter.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-22 years agoThe i-pronunciation is commonplace enough that some feminists who want to avoid the word “men” spell “women” as “wimmin”, i.e. the phonetic spelling.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoInteresting. I associate the “wimmin” spelling with Terry Pratchett’s writing, where it’s used in the speech of lower/middle-class men, implying casual/uninformed objectification.
Wait there are people who pronounce women with an i?
Yes? English is only my second language, but the way I hear it:
Woman: Whoman
Women: Wimin or Wimen
The latter is much shorter.
Huh, for me it’s more like wuhmen vs wohman.
The i-pronunciation is commonplace enough that some feminists who want to avoid the word “men” spell “women” as “wimmin”, i.e. the phonetic spelling.
Interesting. I associate the “wimmin” spelling with Terry Pratchett’s writing, where it’s used in the speech of lower/middle-class men, implying casual/uninformed objectification.