Is /wɛmɪn/ a valid pronunciation of 'women'? If so, where?
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I used to live in Southern California, and I have encountered only two people who have pronounced 'women' (/wɪmɪn/) as /wɛmɪn/.
Is this an attested pronunciation of 'women'? If so, is this endemic to Southern California, or is it acceptable in more regions?
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I used to live in Southern California, and I have encountered only two people who have pronounced 'women' (/wɪmɪn/) as /wɛmɪn/.
Is this an attested pronunciation of 'women'? If so, is this endemic to Southern California, or is it acceptable in more regions?
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Well, milk and pillow pronounced as melk and pellow is a known phenomenon in that general area, so I wouldn’t be super-surprised is this were another areal case of /ɪ/ being lowered to /ɛ/. I’ve never noticed this pronunciation myself, though.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
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@Janus: My siblings and I pronounced milk as melk when we were young children, but I too have never heard women pronounced that way.
– Robusto
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I used to live in Southern California, and I have encountered only two people who have pronounced 'women' (/wɪmɪn/) as /wɛmɪn/.
Is this an attested pronunciation of 'women'? If so, is this endemic to Southern California, or is it acceptable in more regions?
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I used to live in Southern California, and I have encountered only two people who have pronounced 'women' (/wɪmɪn/) as /wɛmɪn/.
Is this an attested pronunciation of 'women'? If so, is this endemic to Southern California, or is it acceptable in more regions?
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Well, milk and pillow pronounced as melk and pellow is a known phenomenon in that general area, so I wouldn’t be super-surprised is this were another areal case of /ɪ/ being lowered to /ɛ/. I’ve never noticed this pronunciation myself, though.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
15 hours ago
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@Janus: My siblings and I pronounced milk as melk when we were young children, but I too have never heard women pronounced that way.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
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Well, milk and pillow pronounced as melk and pellow is a known phenomenon in that general area, so I wouldn’t be super-surprised is this were another areal case of /ɪ/ being lowered to /ɛ/. I’ve never noticed this pronunciation myself, though.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
15 hours ago
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@Janus: My siblings and I pronounced milk as melk when we were young children, but I too have never heard women pronounced that way.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
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Well, milk and pillow pronounced as melk and pellow is a known phenomenon in that general area, so I wouldn’t be super-surprised is this were another areal case of /ɪ/ being lowered to /ɛ/. I’ve never noticed this pronunciation myself, though.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
15 hours ago
Well, milk and pillow pronounced as melk and pellow is a known phenomenon in that general area, so I wouldn’t be super-surprised is this were another areal case of /ɪ/ being lowered to /ɛ/. I’ve never noticed this pronunciation myself, though.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
15 hours ago
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@Janus: My siblings and I pronounced milk as melk when we were young children, but I too have never heard women pronounced that way.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
@Janus: My siblings and I pronounced milk as melk when we were young children, but I too have never heard women pronounced that way.
– Robusto
8 hours ago
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Well, milk and pillow pronounced as melk and pellow is a known phenomenon in that general area, so I wouldn’t be super-surprised is this were another areal case of /ɪ/ being lowered to /ɛ/. I’ve never noticed this pronunciation myself, though.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
15 hours ago
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@Janus: My siblings and I pronounced milk as melk when we were young children, but I too have never heard women pronounced that way.
– Robusto
8 hours ago