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It gets worse in the US. There's Mobil (the oil company - pronounced MO-bƏl), mobile (as it capable of movement - pronounced either MOE-bile or MO-bƏl) or Mobil
by drivingmenuts 2y ago
It gets worse in the US. There's Mobil (the oil company - pronounced MO-bƏl), mobile (as it capable of movement - pronounced either MOE-bile or MO-bƏl) or Mobile (a city in the state of Alabama - pronounced (AFAIK) mo-BEEL).
You can mispronounce all sorts of things in the US and no one will blink an eye, but you mispronounce a town name, prepare to be dogpiled. Especially if you're in Palestine, Texas (Pal-es-teen NOT Pal-es-tine).
- Izkata 2y ago> mobile (as it capable of movement - pronounced either MOE-bile or MO-bƏl) or Mobile (a city in the state of Alabama - pronounced (AFAIK) mo-BEEL). The way I learned it (US), "mo-bile" is the adjective for something that can move, "mo-beel" is a noun for the thing that you hang over a baby's cradle.
- normie3000 2y ago> the thing that you hang over a baby's cradle That's also mo-bile in my experience, unless you've been hanging snowmobiles...