[Ads-l] maith and haim

[Jonathan Lighter]

Neuroscience guru Dr. Andrew Huberman of YouTube pronounces to "wind down"
as though it has something to do with the wind blowing. He also uses the
noun "wind-down" with the same pronunciation.

The native speaker of American English who narrates a YouTube video on
famous philosophers says "duALism" and "duAListic" - second syllable stress.

JL

On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Only if you're a Cockney.
>
> The vowel is that of "nice."
>
> JL
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM Joe Salmons <
> 000008f18d0e0c45-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
>
>> So, with a tense mid vowel, like ‘mate’ or ‘hate’?
>>
>> From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of
>> Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>> Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>> Subject: maith and haim
>> In the last two weeks I've heard one native American speaker - narrator,
>> actually - on YouTube pronounce "myth" as  "maith" and another on a very
>> different channel pronounce "hymn" as "haim."
>>
>> One more Sign of the Apocaplypse.
>>
>> JL
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