[Ads-l] maith and haim

[Joe Salmons]

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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