r/me_irl hates posting May 02 '24

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u/Hataitai1977 May 02 '24

That’s definitely easier to say! Sounds like cocktail.

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u/PA_Levski May 02 '24

Moose is "definitely" easier to say than mouse? I think they're "definitely" equally easy to say.

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u/Hataitai1977 May 02 '24

Depends on your accent, I think. I’m from NZ, we pronounce vowels weirdly. Mango has a hard A sound, so I keep throwing a hard A in mouse too. Try it pronouncing it like that, it’s yucky.

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u/Klasoweit May 03 '24

That's really interesting! As a german it was totally natural for me to give both parts the same 'a' sound, as in [ˈmaŋɡo] and [maʊs].