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minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoWhy do so many Americans spell it “sepErate”?
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoIn the US, all vowels are part of the same letter pool, you can pick any one of them when needed.
minus-squareFistingEnthusiast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoBecause they tend to be stupid, and barely literate “On accident”…? Shameful.
minus-squareCultLeader4Hire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoIt’s phonetically correct for me even thought I know it’s an A it sounds like an ER to my ear
minus-squareArrkk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoAmericans reduce the Middle vowel to schwa in the adjective form but not the verb form, so you’ll often see the adjective spelled with an e and the verb with an a.
minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI have a pretty generic US accent and I pronounce the second vowel in both the same, but I change the third vowel to a schwa in the adjective form.
Why do so many Americans spell it “sepErate”?
In the US, all vowels are part of the same letter pool, you can pick any one of them when needed.
Because they tend to be stupid, and barely literate
“On accident”…?
Shameful.
It’s phonetically correct for me even thought I know it’s an A it sounds like an ER to my ear
Americans reduce the Middle vowel to schwa in the adjective form but not the verb form, so you’ll often see the adjective spelled with an e and the verb with an a.
I have a pretty generic US accent and I pronounce the second vowel in both the same, but I change the third vowel to a schwa in the adjective form.