bidi

please don't tell me what it's a short for in the replies, that's not what i'm asking

i also say beedy

or biddy? i think what i meant was biddy. i have trouble making the distinction because i am french and not a linguist and several people have pointed it out in the replies but i also only have four poll options so, yknow, who gives a shit

/bidi/ vs /bɪdi/ i think

i definitely have trouble with /i/ and /ɪ/

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@codl english has like twenty vowels, i wouldn't be surprised if that's one of the hardest things to learn if you're coming from a language with a more sensible number of them
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@Felthry i don't think french has a more sensible number, it's just a slightly different set

there are definitely vowels in english that collapse to a single sound in my brain unless i am trying very hard

@codl I thought most Romance languages only had like six or seven vowels; am I off the mark there?
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@Felthry fuck if i know, i just speak one, i don't think about it

i also know that there are two different vowels in my name that i can't get native english speakers to produce with their mouths

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