Tag: Language

I don’t have an accent

Do you pronounce coupon as koo-pon or que-pon? It sounds like que-pon when I say it. Do pin and pen have different pronunciations? They sound the same when I say them. How do you pronounce Jenny? I don’t understand why, but apparently I say it wrong. I still maintain that I don’t have an accent… […]

Not ROFLing

I recognize that our language is a living, evolving thing. The advent of social media has made it abundantly clear how rapidly it is changing. I readily admit that I had to google some of the jargon coming from Bonnaroo tweets and that doesn’t bother me. Young people should have their own dialect. The line […]