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I've never heard someone pronounce it that way in my life until I saw the video. Maybe it's a regional thing, but it sounds like the wrong vowel sound at the en
by pxc 3y ago
I've never heard someone pronounce it that way in my life until I saw the video. Maybe it's a regional thing, but it sounds like the wrong vowel sound at the end to me.
- adastra22 3y agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fsseq2/comment/fm37ddv/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fsseq2/comment/f...
- tempodox 3y ago> For fuck's sake, you invented the language, why do you suck at it? A question for the ages.
- pxc 3y agoYes, I agree with that post that the USian pronunciation as given there is better than the British one. But Jobs' rendering of the American pronunciation also sounds wrong to me because the final syllable doesn't generally rhyme with 'wire' as I've heard most Americans pronounce the word.
- adastra22 3y agoIt may be regional. Jobs grew up in Mountain View and I grew up in Santa Clara, just a few miles down the road. My parents and teachers always said something resembling "jag-wire" in pronunciation.
- pxc 3y agoThat makes sense to me. Ahr/ire is a pair that gets swapped or blended in other American accents as well, after all! Many Southern accents basically do the same kind of blending but in the other direction.