Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoHow do you pronounce zebra in your country: zeebra or rhymes with Debra?message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareHow do you pronounce zebra in your country: zeebra or rhymes with Debra?Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMirror Giraffe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoSweden: the e is more akin to the sound in the word ear, but I don’t really know how to phoneticize it in English properly.
minus-squareprintf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoSeebra, but the “ee” is the “ee” in “eerie” or “ea” in “ear”? :) The “s”(“z”) is unvoiced. Also, the final “a” is quite sharper than the English one.
Sweden: the e is more akin to the sound in the word ear, but I don’t really know how to phoneticize it in English properly.
Seebra, but the “ee” is the “ee” in “eerie” or “ea” in “ear”? :)
The “s”(“z”) is unvoiced.
Also, the final “a” is quite sharper than the English one.