this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2026
570 points (98.3% liked)

Funny

16356 readers
650 users here now

General rules:

Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] DrunkenDuckling@lemmus.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They do but not where its_kim thinks:

fȯr-ən

nā-bər

The "ei" in "foreign" is a schwa ( /ə/ ) and so is the "o" in neighbor.

Sources (American English): https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neighbor