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Bernie Sanders keeps saying Ol-ah-gawky but I thought it was o-le-garky? (lemm.ee)

submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) by tazzy@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Have I been mis-prouncing it this whole time? English is not my first language I am French. I am talking about Oligarchy

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[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

The second vowel is an unstressed "i". In most varieties of English, since it is unstressed, we pronounce it as a schwa, which sounds roughly like "uh".

If you'd like to articulate that syllable, like you might do in French, then pronounce it like the "i" in "sit". That's completely optional.