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[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm Italian and I pronounce both "i"s in the same way. Why is English so strange?

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In this particular instance, the Great Vowel Shift is to blame. What caused that is up for debate.

In general, English is so strange because it's a mongrel language, incorporating words from a variety of other different languages.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ebc@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, we pronounce both the same, too. Sorry English, that's on you and you alone.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uh huh

And how would you pronounce it compared to a German?

[–] ebc@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

The I as in "free", but shorter (not drawn out) and the u as in "urban", maybe? It's hard to find English words where they make the french U sound, but it's pronounced the same pretty much all the time.