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For extra confusion, immigration and emigration are homophones in a Southern accent because of the pin-pen merger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin–pen_merger
by senkora 6y ago
For extra confusion, immigration and emigration are homophones in a Southern accent because of the pin-pen merger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin–pen_merger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin–pen_merger
- chrisco255 6y agoMakes me think we should pronounce emigration ee-mah-gration.
- ashtonkem 6y agoYou’re just swapping a different set of e/I sounds then. English pronunciation is a mess.
- mywittyname 6y agoI've never heard the two sound different in any dialect and I'm not from the south.
- truckerbill 6y agoNot met many Brits then