it's tuRmeric, ffs

[butters]

not 'too-merrick'

*sigh*

so, okay, there's probably a reason but for the life of me i can't see why that first R isn't pronounced.

 

[Matthew Craig]

Cool thread.

 

[lovetoread]

there you go, adding more letters than needed, like those pesky u's yall put in words

 

[butters]

there you go, adding more letters than needed, like those pesky u's yall put in words

newp, not me this time - the commercial advertising it CLEARLY shows the label spelled that way but all the voices insist on ignoring that first, pesky li'l R

 

[Kantarii]

It makes me laugh when I see the word opossum. Why in the world would anyone start a word off with a letter that’s silent? You can’t say it’s a opossum either, that’s incorrect. It’s an opossum is the correct article (an) since the word starts out with a vowel, but it sounds - nevermind. English is a strange language. Kant

 

[stickygirl]

Pronunciation is something I can live with, because it often adds colour to the dialogue beyond the meaning. Even the BBC fails these days, particularly with foreign heads of state. "You like tomatoes and I like tomatoes"

https://youtu.be/LOILZ_D3aRg

just because I adore Astaire and Rogers

 

[pantalaimonlyra]

I usually pronounce it with the R, but I think either way is acceptable.

But sometimes it feels funny in my mouth, like pronouncing the first R in February.

 

[Salacious_B_Crumb]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-pronounce-turmeric_n_584eba41e4b0bd9c3dfd8091

 

[butters]

It makes me laugh when I see the word opossum. Why in the world would anyone start a word off with a letter that’s silent? You can’t say it’s a opossum either, that’s incorrect. It’s an opossum is the correct article (an) since the word starts out with a vowel, but it sounds - nevermind. English is a strange language. Kant

they are 2 different animals though both are marsupial.

opossums have naked tails and live in north america where a lot of people drop the first letter, god knows why. they belong to the order Didelphimorphia. they're grey/white

possums live in bloody australia! and nz, china, new guinea and somewhere else i can't remember. they belong to the order Diprotodontia. and these are brown.

 

[butters]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-pronounce-turmeric_n_584eba41e4b0bd9c3dfd8091

americans are just so sloppy about speech

and if it comes from that french 'terre mérite', that 'terre' sounds completely different again, as it rhymes with 'air' - but DOES pronounce the R. so *raspberries*