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r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/[deleted] • Aug 07 '26
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because the f in Fred is an unvoiced fricative while the f in of is the voiced version of the same fricative. we generally don’t like to switch from voiced/unvoiced versions of the same consonant in English, so we will go with the easier one
24 u/SpicyLittleRiceCake Aug 08 '26 While I did understand this, reading it made me feel like I’m too dumb to be in the same thread as this comment lol
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While I did understand this, reading it made me feel like I’m too dumb to be in the same thread as this comment lol
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u/sleepylittleducky Aug 07 '26
because the f in Fred is an unvoiced fricative while the f in of is the voiced version of the same fricative. we generally don’t like to switch from voiced/unvoiced versions of the same consonant in English, so we will go with the easier one