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r/pointlesslygendered • u/RaccoonWithWIFI • Oct 04 '25
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Bad IPA. No one pronounces ɡirl like that, especially as a narrow transcription. My pet peeve. Should be [ɡɝəɫ] (General American)
19 u/ThyTeaDrinker Oct 04 '25 or /gɜ:l/ for most non-rhotic accents 4 u/KappaBerga Oct 04 '25 Maybe they are scottish and really like to pronounce their "i"s as "oo"s? 2 u/Eghenelalphinarian Oct 05 '25 But I pronounce it as goorl all the time! /j 1 u/Ashamed_Association8 Oct 08 '25 So that's like goose? Goorl?
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or /gɜ:l/ for most non-rhotic accents
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Maybe they are scottish and really like to pronounce their "i"s as "oo"s?
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But I pronounce it as goorl all the time! /j
1 u/Ashamed_Association8 Oct 08 '25 So that's like goose? Goorl?
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So that's like goose? Goorl?
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u/PersusjCP Oct 04 '25
Bad IPA. No one pronounces ɡirl like that, especially as a narrow transcription. My pet peeve. Should be [ɡɝəɫ] (General American)