Pronunciation 22
Epenthetic Vowels (wow, fancy word!)
First published . of audio. Culture talk: Fast Food.
Epenthe … what? Epenthetic vowels. We know, it sounds like a tropical disease, but it’s really the linguistic feature that produces such great Brazilian words as “piquenique” for picnic. Valdo isn’t sure he can bring himself to say “hoti doggie” for “hot dog,” but he has no problem with “fasti foodi.”