Friday

[anamuan]

nihongofrancais wrote Yamapi comes back from Korea Koyamapi ficrecently, i've started getting on AIM again. I hate the faces so much. I can't even begin to tell you. SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO TURN THEM OFF. i want to be able to say :D again without an ugly yellow animated head popping up. if i wanted actual pictures, i'd put in actual pictures, kthx

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[pixisticks]

I always hear people say "perscription" instead of "prescription", but people are kind of dumb. Especially over here. XD But, "perspective" and "prespective"... is new. "Prespective" makes me think "prospective", which is totally different from "perspective".

On a side note, it really bugs me when people can't spell. I wish I had a red pen that could reach through the screen.

[anamuan]

metathesis happens. Like, 'ask' used to be writtten and pronounced 'aks' but then people kind of switched the s and the k, so that eventually, when they standardized the spelling, it was standardized as 'ask'.

'perspective' when pronounced with the 'r' before the 'e' though, isn't a long e sound. It's kind of like the 'a' in 'and' when you say it really fast. It's a vowel that's pronounced so little it's barely even there.

um. *can't spell*

[pixisticks]

Really? I didn't know that. I always thought it was more of an ethnic thing, to pronounce it 'aks'. (In my head, that sounds like ax.)

o.o It's not a long e when it's pronounced regularly, either. *blink* ...And I always pronounce the 'a' in 'and', I think. *is not quite sure she follows what you're trying to say*

Yes you can.

[anamuan]

well, now it kind of is, because 'aks' is one of the more prominent lexical differences between MAE and AAVE. Um. It's also a feature of Appalachian English. I'm not sure if the african american community metathesized it back later, or if they just never lost it, but the general idea about the appalachian side of things is that they never lost it because they were so isolated when the rest of the country was losing it (and their other elizabethan english-like features).

no, it's not a long e when pronounced regularly. It's just that when i see it typed out as 'prespective,' it looks like it should be a long e because of english orthographic conventions.
you don't always pronunce the 'a' in 'and' like the 'a' in aesthetic, though. If you did, you'd sound really weird. Usually it's pronounced a schwa. ;jkafjlkfa i would type it in IPA but lj doesn't support it. you can try looking up schwa on teh internets, it would probalby explain better (and maybe with sound clips)