All_Hail_Dionysus t1_j03oue8 wrote on December 13, 2022 at 9:11 PM Reply to comment by Rugfiend in New research shows why we hear “lemon” and not “melon” in processing incoming sounds: our brains “time-stamp” the order of incoming sounds, allowing us to correctly process the words that we hear by giuliomagnifico Aks is an example of metathesis https://www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/ask-or-aks-how-linguistic-prejudice-perpetuates-inequality-175839 Another common example is comfortable. Many people pronounce it "comfterble" Permalink Parent 8
All_Hail_Dionysus t1_j03oue8 wrote
Reply to comment by Rugfiend in New research shows why we hear “lemon” and not “melon” in processing incoming sounds: our brains “time-stamp” the order of incoming sounds, allowing us to correctly process the words that we hear by giuliomagnifico
Aks is an example of metathesis
https://www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/ask-or-aks-how-linguistic-prejudice-perpetuates-inequality-175839
Another common example is comfortable. Many people pronounce it "comfterble"