[Ads-l] maith and haim

[Jonathan Lighter]

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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