A couple questions for any LRC linguists out there. On these boards I often see "women" used as a singular noun ("a women).
Is this a regional/colloquial thing? And, secondly, how is it pronounced when used as a singular? As a plural, I generally hear it pronounced something like "wimmin," while I hear "woman" pronounced "woomin."
Just curious. I had never encountered this before reading the LRC message board.
I’ve heard Joan Samuelson speak of women and woman pronounced exactly the same was - as “woman”. I assume this is a northeast thing.
Of course it is incorrect. You must realize that people are clueless. Their-There-They're. Don't get hung up on pronunciation though.
Joanie Translator wrote:
I’ve heard Joan Samuelson speak of women and woman pronounced exactly the same was - as “woman”. I assume this is a northeast thing.
Thanks. So, in the Northeast, they pronounce both singular and plural versions as "woman," but spell them both "women"? Interesting. I wonder if it's the same for "man" and "men."
American guy wrote:
Of course it is incorrect. You must realize that people are clueless. Their-There-They're. Don't get hung up on pronunciation though.
Yeah, I get the spelling confusion with homonyms, but I've always heard "woman" and "women" pronounced differently. If the pronunciation is the same in some places, then I get it. Just simple misspelling. Thanks.
I am thinking that a lot of that is merely an oversight. The internet has been famous for misspelled words since the web came about:
Loose v lose
affect v effect
discus v discuss
Women is plural; woman is singular.
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