r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/[deleted] • 2d ago

story/text Way to be subtle!

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u/whimsical_trash 2d ago

I pronounce both those spellings the exact same

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u/DharmaCub 2d ago

Ih and Ee sound nothing alike. One is a short I and one is a long E. What are you talking about?

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u/Mushgal 1d ago

English isn't phonetically consistent, this thing y'all native speakers do to try to convey pronunciations is conceptually stupid. Learn some IPA.

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u/ngjackson 1d ago

I'm a non-native speaker. I worked at a primary school for a while, as a TA. I learnt English through reading and hearing it on TV, so I learnt to pronounce stuff almost mechanically. Imagine my face, trying to simulatenously learn and teach these kids phonics/diagraphs/trigraphs. I probably looked like this the whole time: