He’s right, when speaking people tend to drop the syllable to say the word faster or slur it together in their speech. You can say it both ways and still be correct.
Not to be a hater, but I'm pretty sure most dictionary pronunciations list it as "in-ter-est-ing"? The slurring of the t-e-r into just a "truh" sound is more of an American dialect thing than anything else, which I would argue disqualifies the e from being considered a silent letter (unless 'intresting' one day becomes the universal pronunciation, in which case it would be).
You are absolutely correct. I teach my dialect, which is American English. If you want to say all four syllables, that’s totally fine and everyone will understand you. But it is noticeable to the American ear if you don’t reduce this word.
Yeah, I should have prefaced my response with, this is correct in many dialects, but not what we say in our local dialect, which is where he was living. People where we were living noticed the lack of reduction.
Thanks for the feedback. Of course he can speak however he wants to. He’s my husband and I love his accent😍. But he told me he wants to speak more like me, so we shared a few videos in case there are others who’d like a more American-style accent too.
He’s right, when speaking people tend to drop the syllable to say the word faster or slur it together in their speech. You can say it both ways and still be correct.
Not to be a hater, but I'm pretty sure most dictionary pronunciations list it as "in-ter-est-ing"? The slurring of the t-e-r into just a "truh" sound is more of an American dialect thing than anything else, which I would argue disqualifies the e from being considered a silent letter (unless 'intresting' one day becomes the universal pronunciation, in which case it would be).
You are absolutely correct. I teach my dialect, which is American English. If you want to say all four syllables, that’s totally fine and everyone will understand you. But it is noticeable to the American ear if you don’t reduce this word.
I hear it both ways. It's a subtle E, almost a half-syllable, I would say.
Are you his teacher?
I’m his wife, but I’m also an ESL teacher and pronunciation coach.
youre just wrong, he said it properly
Yeah, I should have prefaced my response with, this is correct in many dialects, but not what we say in our local dialect, which is where he was living. People where we were living noticed the lack of reduction.
1st e
I say in-ter-es-ting.... don't torture this poor man 😅🫣 it can be said both ways. This comes off annoying, arrogant, and desperate....
Thanks for the feedback. Of course he can speak however he wants to. He’s my husband and I love his accent😍. But he told me he wants to speak more like me, so we shared a few videos in case there are others who’d like a more American-style accent too.