Jhogenbaum@leminal.space to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoGringos out here wilin'leminal.spaceexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1651arrow-down15cross-posted to: nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk
arrow-up1646arrow-down1external-linkGringos out here wilin'leminal.spaceJhogenbaum@leminal.space to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoIsn’t this really more of an inaptonym than an antonym?
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoOh! I pronounced Les with a voiced final consonant, so it never even occurred to me to pronounce it that way. That’s clever.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI’m not sure what that means. Did you think it was pronounced Lez/Liz?
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah. Like “Leslie”, without the “lie”. Or like the French plural definite article (when the final consonant is pronounced due to a liaison) “les”.
Isn’t this really more of an inaptonym than an antonym?
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Oh! I pronounced Les with a voiced final consonant, so it never even occurred to me to pronounce it that way. That’s clever.
I’m not sure what that means. Did you think it was pronounced Lez/Liz?
Yeah. Like “Leslie”, without the “lie”. Or like the French plural definite article (when the final consonant is pronounced due to a liaison) “les”.