slurpeesoforiontoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world·9 months agoDo Italian kids pronounce spaghetti like bisgetti or buhsgetti the way Americans do?message-squarearrow-up185arrow-down125message-square48fedilink
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareDo Italian kids pronounce spaghetti like bisgetti or buhsgetti the way Americans do?slurpeesoforiontoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world·9 months agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squarezoutarrow-up6arrow-down0·9 months agoedit-29 months agolinkfedilinkIt’s the same word on paper, but pronounced different. Italians tend to speak the vowels longer, with a slightly different sound (the “a” in American sounds like an “uh”, in Italian like a long “ah”). They also speak out both t’s separately.
minus-squareWindex007arrow-up1arrow-down0·9 months agolinkfedilinkSo how do Italian kids tend to misprounce the word as they’re developing speech?
It’s the same word on paper, but pronounced different. Italians tend to speak the vowels longer, with a slightly different sound (the “a” in American sounds like an “uh”, in Italian like a long “ah”). They also speak out both t’s separately.
So how do Italian kids tend to misprounce the word as they’re developing speech?
No idea really.