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minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 days agoI’m guessing that in some region of the world, ‘lever’ and ‘never’ rhyme with one another?
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoAmerican here, and they rhyme. LEE-ver and NEE-ver.
minus-squareEonNShadow@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoIn the US we pronounce ‘lever’ with a soft E (as in yellow) rather than a hard E sound (as in green) like you do in the UK. Just another one of those weird US vs UK English things, but that pronunciation makes the joke work.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoUS English dialects mainly, though there may be pockets in other Anglophone places.
I’m guessing that in some region of the world, ‘lever’ and ‘never’ rhyme with one another?
American here, and they rhyme. LEE-ver and NEE-ver.
NEE-ver lmao
In the US we pronounce ‘lever’ with a soft E (as in yellow) rather than a hard E sound (as in green) like you do in the UK.
Just another one of those weird US vs UK English things, but that pronunciation makes the joke work.
US English dialects mainly, though there may be pockets in other Anglophone places.