Where did it kick in for you? For me it was when mister meaner was followed by fella knee. Then salt and battery chargers was easy but I had to go back and parse the beginning.
And which phrase do you think occurred naturally and inspired the creation of the rest of the meme?
They’re homophonous in a few southeastern US accents and most African-American English (AAE) speakers. It’s usually called the feel/fill merger, one of a few different mergers before /l/.
Where did it kick in for you? For me it was when mister meaner was followed by fella knee. Then salt and battery chargers was easy but I had to go back and parse the beginning.
And which phrase do you think occurred naturally and inspired the creation of the rest of the meme?
“steal higher” took me a couple reads. Steal doesn’t sound like “still” in whatever accent I speak.
They’re homophonous in a few southeastern US accents and most African-American English (AAE) speakers. It’s usually called the feel/fill merger, one of a few different mergers before /l/.