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[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

E for egg isn't even consistent throughout the English-speaking world. That vowel might be quite different in something like South African or Kiwi English compared to other dialects.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago
[–] joby@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's not even consistent within the US. I've known people who, if they said that sentence over the phone it would sound a lot like "E as in A"

[–] zagaberoo@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't need to sound the same though, as long as the listener can spell 'egg'.

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 1 points 3 months ago

True but, for example, a younger me working tech support in the early 2000s would not have known what an 'igg' is to even try to spell it.