Wednesday, December 31, 2025

N'Ham'sha

There has been a run here on bumpahstickahs and such saying "NAHAMSHA." It's cute, but not quite right.  The first vowel is a schwa or even an inaudible vowel, and there has got to be a stop, a barely detectable in it.  Accents are tricky, and eye-dialect even more so.

1 comment:

Earl Wajenberg said...

Eye-dialect is closely related to the art of the vanity plate and to l33t-speak ("leet-speak").