LostCarcosan comments on i before e

[–] LostCarcosan@lemmy.today 13 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Foreign does not use the same sound as neighbor.

nAYbor

forEN

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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

It does sound like forayn to me.

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[–] DrunkenDuckling@lemmus.org 4 points 2 weeks ago*

The most common pronounciations are "for-in" and "for-un".

Source: English linguistics student who can read phonetic notation

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[+] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone -7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It absolutely doesn't have a hard E vowel sound. Except when my deep south relatives say it.

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[–] DrunkenDuckling@lemmus.org 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Because it's not a "hard" E.... it's a mid-central vowel in "foreign" (schwa): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel (like when going "uh")

While "ei" in "Neighbor" is NOT a schwa, it's an "ay": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neighbor

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[–] LostCarcosan@lemmy.today 1 point 2 weeks ago*

Yes, you are correct that it does not have a hard E sound

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