Language and converation-related poll: When you repeat something someone says (in a non-mocking way, like for clarification), do you repeat their pronounciation (for words like patent/"paytent") or use your preferred one?
24% Repeat theirs
76% Use mine
70 votes โ€ข Final results
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Example: Someone tells you "Oh, they got a 'pattent'!" You're surprised. Do you say "Really? A paytent!?" if you're American, or do you say "Really? A 'pattent'?"
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Doing either feels like it could seem mocking, either as making fun of their pronounciation, or trying to correct them by saying your other one.
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Replying to @Ellpeck
As someone who has to fight his tendency to mimic the accent of the person he's talking with anyway, I think it can come across as more condescending/mocking if the other person *knows* you wouldn't pronouce the word that way normally.

May 14, 2018 ยท 10:29 AM UTC
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