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I thought this was going to be another article about kids watching Peppa Pig. My three year old has a sort of mixed vocabulary, but mostly from watching Matilda
by rhymeswithjazz 3y ago
I thought this was going to be another article about kids watching Peppa Pig. My three year old has a sort of mixed vocabulary, but mostly from watching Matilda, the Musical on repeat.
- orthoxerox 3y ago> The “Peppa effect” had them speaking like the show’s cartoon pig, saying “Mummy” instead of “Mommy” I've thought "mommy" vs "mummy" was a spelling difference. The words sound the same to me, /'mɐmɪ/.
- worldblue 3y agoI've always thought the difference is more pronounced with the short forms, "mum" vs "mom" (and the red underlining of the latter reminds me of my biases!). I don't think I've heard an American pronounce "mommy" though, so I can't say for certain.
- Symbiote 3y agoI think the audio sample here sounds completely American, as it claims to be: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mommy https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mommy But either pronunciation of "mummy" (embalmed corpse) is how I would address my mother as a child: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mummy https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mummy
- doublerabbit 3y agoI'm from the south of England, it varies across the country but "mummy" is more "humm-e" but with an M. "Mom" always sounded like "Nom" with an M.
- OJFord 3y agoLike a lot of American 'o's, 'mommy' often sounds (I don't know the IPA for it) more like 'mahmmy' to me (my British ear) - but it's presumably regional. I mean mainly from TV/film, 'valley girl' sort of accent for example: 'oh my gahd he's so haht'.
- mnw21cam 3y agoI'm struggling to think of a single word in an American accent (from American people I have listened to) that has a letter "o" pronounced correctly, as IPA "ɒ". If that's true, and Americans never learn to make that sound until they try to mimic another accent, then shouldn't this be described more as a speech impediment, rather than an accent? But yes, it's "mahmmy", which is only very subtly different from a British "mummy" - in the American version, there's almost a hint of an "r" at the end of the vowel, whereas the British version has a straight (and short) "u".
- boomboomsubban 3y agoIt eventually is another article about kids watching Peppa Pig, they just start with other anecdotes.
- rhymeswithjazz 3y agoYeah, just finished it. It's a funny thing. My kids haven't watched a ton of Peppa Pig, but they all have managed to pickup what I'd call 'different' pronunciations and vocabulary than a lot of their peers.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoI assumed Peppa Pig is outdated and we would be getting Australian accents from Bluey.
- bitwize 3y agoI used to watch a lot of Danger Mouse back when it aired on Nickelodeon. To this day when I do a fake British accent, unless I'm imitating someone in particular I sound a bit like Sir David Jason.
- pak9rabid 3y agoJesus Danger Mouse. That brings back some memories.
- tiffanyg 3y agoFunny, that. I ended up with Ted Kelsey, personally. "Hehehehe... Stiletto, I'm so clever..."
- bitwize 3y agoMy favorite Greenback line is from "The Four Tasks of Danger Mouse". He was holding Penfold hostage in exchange for DM retrieving the components of an ancient alchemical formula to create a monster with which he could conquer the world: "I have always wanted to try the recipe, but the ingreeeeedients are so hard to come by." The writing on that show was top tier and holds up well today.
- nobleach 3y agoYeah, I do tend to repeat "Penfold, hush" and "crumbs chief" to myself.