tazzy@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-224 hours agoBernie Sanders keeps saying Ol-ah-gawky but I thought it was o-le-garky?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up147file-text
arrow-up147message-squareBernie Sanders keeps saying Ol-ah-gawky but I thought it was o-le-garky?tazzy@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-224 hours agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
Have I been mis-prouncing it this whole time? English is not my first language I am French. I am talking about Oligarchy
minus-squaretazzy@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 hours agoHey cool thanks for this! Love learning about language and have never even heard this term before , or I guess as Bernie would say “I have Nevah even head of this tem befoe” lol
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 hours agoIf you loved this then you will likely enjoy British linguist YouTuber @DrGeoffLindsey.
minus-squareWetstew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoI’ll also toss A Way with Words on the pile too. It’s a long running NPR-adjacent radio show/podcast about linquistics. My favorite was a dive they did on the descriptor “like a dead preacher” to refer to an annoying awkward thing to move.
Hey cool thanks for this! Love learning about language and have never even heard this term before , or I guess as Bernie would say “I have Nevah even head of this tem befoe” lol
If you loved this then you will likely enjoy British linguist YouTuber @DrGeoffLindsey.
I’ll also toss A Way with Words on the pile too. It’s a long running NPR-adjacent radio show/podcast about linquistics.
My favorite was a dive they did on the descriptor “like a dead preacher” to refer to an annoying awkward thing to move.