Do…do I say Cher wrong?
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I say Chernobyl as churr-noble.
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For me, Cher is pronounced the same as share.
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I suspect my accent changes everything. But I say it like the nuclear disaster. But maybe I’m mispronouncing that too.
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Accents make everything different.
I think I was taught to pronounce Chernobyl incorrectly (chair-noble), and dia’s “churr-noble” is true to actual pronunciation.
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I just listened to a Youtube video and I think it’s somewhere in between haha.
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I am sure I say Chernobyl and not churr or chair but what if I don’t? What if it’s like axolotl
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What if my green is different to your green?
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What is axolotl like?!?
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It’s supposed to be said axghlohtl or something but English speakers are saying axe uh lotl enough that it is becoming a recognized pronounciation. My 6yo does not recognize the Anglicized version but that is mostly because he can make more sounds than me and likes to be correct
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Spouse loves axolotl trivia. The “-tl” represents a plosive T sound in the original Nahuatl, not too dissimilar from “ocelot” but it got transliterated differently “for historical reasons”. I’m less sure about the first part but I think it’s more of a “shh” sound than a “ks” so it’s something sort of like “ash-eh-lot”
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I can find a Mexican and get them to say axlotl to me if that helps.
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That would help alotl
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Record them so we can hear it.
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Pamela gives NO slack!
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We do not have infinite typewriters - I type from my typewriter with television, radio and phone technology in bed.
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