▲ 776 ▼ Oh dear (lemy.lol) submitted 1 week ago by KhitomerAccordion@lemy.lol to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 83 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lividweasel@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (2 children) Context. The story is about accents. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) Never heard of the word but I'm not a native speaker so I assumed it was saying "she had an effect (on the children)" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago To be fair, "affect" in this story isn't a super common word As mentioned elsewhere, it's a shortening of "affectation", and is pronounced a fair bit differently: where "affect" like you're thinking has emphasis on the second syllable, the "affect" in the story has it on the first syllable, and even puts the "f" in the first syllable rather than the second. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) Never heard of the word but I'm not a native speaker so I assumed it was saying "she had an effect (on the children)" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago To be fair, "affect" in this story isn't a super common word As mentioned elsewhere, it's a shortening of "affectation", and is pronounced a fair bit differently: where "affect" like you're thinking has emphasis on the second syllable, the "affect" in the story has it on the first syllable, and even puts the "f" in the first syllable rather than the second. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago To be fair, "affect" in this story isn't a super common word As mentioned elsewhere, it's a shortening of "affectation", and is pronounced a fair bit differently: where "affect" like you're thinking has emphasis on the second syllable, the "affect" in the story has it on the first syllable, and even puts the "f" in the first syllable rather than the second. permalink fedilink source parent
