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Bloopers - Spoon Riddle video

🕑 Added 2023-02-02 20:18:20 +0000 UTC

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Wrongtown

This made me smile, thanks for sharing it 🥹

Jason Cooper

So I found this: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/mirror And I think you're pronouncing it fine and clearly. The bias of those who are disagreeing with your pronunciation are likely the result of their dialects. I suspect each of you hail from different parts of the world (or even different parts of the U.S.) where you simply have different pronunciations. None of the ones I've heard you speak are wrong - but there are like a half dozen ways to say the word. Or maybe you each grew up in different locations. Summary: your pronunciation is not a blooper. But it's a fun video :)

Dan Peterson

I don't know that I've ever heard Dianna swear before...it was like the time I got to work with Ira Glass and he swore like it was going out of style...I love it!

Alberto Segovia

It's a fantastic word in any case :-) Spanish people speaking English with a strong accent would say miRRRRRoRRR, as if we are starting an engine. Even our "espejo" has that veeery strong J there that only Dutch correlate. But the funniest are Germans, saying "Spiegel" and, when they put it together with "Ei" (egg), you don't get an egg on a mirror but... a fried egg (Spiegelei). Thanks Levi & Team for sending past funny stuff :-) We love you guys! Kiss to Diana, hope she's feeling better :-*

Phil Stubblefield

Yes, Dianna, it has *two* syllables! It's not "meer"!

Michael Porter

Probably should pronounce it differently if it is concave, convex or approximately flat?

Barry

Silliness at its finest!

Dianna Cowern

Just posted the poll, thanks for the idea!

Dianna Cowern

Haha perfect

Suzanne Strickland

Mere-Or, Meer, ME-er?

Dianna Cowern

(Levi typing) That's a good idea! How should I do it? Haha, like "mirror" or "mere" or "meer"? Weirdly enough I think I just realized I pronounce it "mere"

Paul Eykamp, PhD

I think I switch between the two...

Suzanne Strickland

Dinglehopper! I pronounce mirror the same way you do Dianna. Levi, can you run a follow up poll (for fun) to see how we pronounce it? Beautiful Ariel impression. Keep on resting!