Anonymous
03/10/2026 18:16
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This bothers me too. It’s manly heard from people who grew up lower class.
Ah I see.
So you and OP are both racist and classist.
It shows that many people are functionally illiterate. They have no idea how it’s spelled or how phonics work. We don’t need to celebrate it.
English is barely phonetic. It's what happens when you have a language that colonizes other languages.
That’s not an excuse. People don’t read and it shows.
People who read are well-known for mispronouncing words due to trying to apply phonetic rules to a weakly non-phonetic language like English.
Epitome
I heard someone pronounce tome as to-me once. Confusing isn't it?
Anonymous
03/10/2026 18:03
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This bothers me too. It’s manly heard from people who grew up lower class.
Ah I see.
So you and OP are both racist and classist.
It shows that many people are functionally illiterate. They have no idea how it’s spelled or how phonics work. We don’t need to celebrate it.
English is barely phonetic. It's what happens when you have a language that colonizes other languages.
That’s not an excuse. People don’t read and it shows.
People who read are well-known for mispronouncing words due to trying to apply phonetic rules to a weakly non-phonetic language like English.
Epitome
Anonymous
03/10/2026 18:02
Subject: Re:Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Just like using formally when they mean formerly
Anonymous
03/10/2026 12:23
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Anonymous wrote:I like these regional variations. It's funny, when one PP asked about breakfast, I immediately thought of my southern in-laws who say Bre-fix. I have always thought that is super cute!
I admit I do relate to OP but it is with words like "realtor" and "nuclear." If I hear Nuke-u-lar, I immediately think of W. And Re-la-tor... I just don't get it. On an intellectual level, I get that it's the same linguistic phenomenon as our American pronunciation of "jewelry" as jew-le-ry but it's the unexpectedness of it.
Are these regional pronunciations?
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Patient zero was John F. Kennedy.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 11:49
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This bothers me too. It’s manly heard from people who grew up lower class.
Ah I see.
So you and OP are both racist and classist.
It shows that many people are functionally illiterate. They have no idea how it’s spelled or how phonics work. We don’t need to celebrate it.
English is barely phonetic. It's what happens when you have a language that colonizes other languages.
That’s not an excuse. People don’t read and it shows.
People who read are well-known for mispronouncing words due to trying to apply phonetic rules to a weakly non-phonetic language like English.
That doesn't at all explain why they can't pronounce ex vs es. We can forgive people who mispronounce segue, however.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 11:47
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This bothers me too. It’s manly heard from people who grew up lower class.
Ah I see.
So you and OP are both racist and classist.
It shows that many people are functionally illiterate. They have no idea how it’s spelled or how phonics work. We don’t need to celebrate it.
English is barely phonetic. It's what happens when you have a language that colonizes other languages.
That’s not an excuse. People don’t read and it shows.
People who read are well-known for mispronouncing words due to trying to apply phonetic rules to a weakly non-phonetic language like English.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 11:46
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Anonymous wrote:There is also ex-presso. 🤔
"espresso" is Italian for "expressed"
Anonymous
03/10/2026 10:28
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Because some people have difficulty with it. Like ask, library, and breakfast.
It's not like they're saying a totally different, unrecognizable word. You know what they are saying and you're choosing to get huffy about it. Chill.
Wait, how do people say "breakfast"?
Brake-fast. How do you say it, racist?
Never heard this
That should be correct pronunciation because you are braking your night fast.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 09:06
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why do so many people say “ex-specially”?
I want someone to do a PSA or YouTube tutorial coaching people on how to break it down and say it correctly.
Eh-specially.
No X.
I wish this didn’t bother me as much as it does.
Are you racist?
They just asked a question.
I don't even get how this is supposed to be racist. Does pp associate this type of speaking as being more common with a specific race/ If that's the case, isn't this an instance of pp being the racist one since they went right to that stereoptype?
Anonymous
03/10/2026 09:03
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This bothers me too. It’s manly heard from people who grew up lower class.
Ah I see.
So you and OP are both racist and classist.
It shows that many people are functionally illiterate. They have no idea how it’s spelled or how phonics work. We don’t need to celebrate it.
I got an email from a professional organization trying to sell itself as a college recruiter. The word "too" was used incorrectly in the email.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 08:58
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Americans have trouble with pronunciations. Not sure why but it's very true.
I am guessing you haven't heard any British speakers.
"Let's get some tack-ohs. How about pie-el-la.'
But they do much better with French pronunciations, so it's a wash.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 08:38
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Anonymous wrote:Americans have trouble with pronunciations. Not sure why but it's very true.
I am guessing you haven't heard any British speakers.
"Let's get some tack-ohs. How about pie-el-la.'
Anonymous
03/10/2026 08:03
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Americans have trouble with pronunciations. Not sure why but it's very true.
Anonymous
03/10/2026 06:51
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
There is also ex-presso. 🤔
Anonymous
03/09/2026 22:11
Subject: Why can’t people pronounce “especially”?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This bothers me too. It’s manly heard from people who grew up lower class.
Ah I see.
So you and OP are both racist and classist.
It shows that many people are functionally illiterate. They have no idea how it’s spelled or how phonics work. We don’t need to celebrate it.
English is barely phonetic. It's what happens when you have a language that colonizes other languages.
That’s not an excuse. People don’t read and it shows.