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And then hypercorrection happens, and you start saying “th” when it _was_ an “s”!
by williamdclt 3y ago
And then hypercorrection happens, and you start saying “th” when it _was_ an “s”!
- deadbeeves 3y agoSuch as in?
- williamdclt 3y ago> Such as in? Any word really, for example "smooth" can get hypercorrected to "thmooth". French people with a decent english tend to fall prey to hypercorrection, see for example Macron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ03xCX6Tdg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ03xCX6Tdg
- deadbeeves 3y agoAh, my bad. I thought you were saying there were words where the "th" digraph stands for an "s" sound.