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[–] criitz@reddthat.com 29 points 3 months ago (8 children)

How else can you pronounce egg?

[–] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My Midwestern ex wife pronounced it "aig"

A long "a" sound. I'm a Southerner so for me it's egg. With a eh sound.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Ohh yeah, I have heard "aig" before. I didn't even think of that as a different pronounciation, just an accent.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean... That's the same thing

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 6 points 3 months ago

Of course. But my mind categorizes them separately... As in, in two speakers with the same accent can have two different "pronounciations" of a word. And likewise, one "pronounciation" can sound differently coming from two different accents.

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

The 'G's are pronounced like the G in GIF

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Blum0108@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Klear@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

A total egglord.

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

No. The second G is silent. What's wrong with you?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In New Zealand, it’s pronounced “ig”

[–] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You know you're pronouncing egg wrong when you have to spell it some other way.

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You mean like 'edinbara' or 'middlesbra'? Or asthma where the 'th' might as well not even be there? Queue? Is it weird or is it wierd? Worstersher sauce? English is full of those, c'mon :p everything is pronounced wrong.

[–] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago
[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You could say "eygg" or "uurggs". So many options.

[–] shikitohno@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Everyone I've come across from NZ says it like igg, so there's that one, too. Aussies have a weird vowel to it that I hear at times, too.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

A person of culture I see. Thank you kind person.