I am clueless

Is the pronunciation of ex as “eg” regional? For example, “example” pronounced as “eg-zample” and exit pronounced as “eg -zit” or “eg-sit”. I have lived in multiple U.S. locations and my parents were from different regions and had lived in multiple regions. I have always said and heard “eks-it” and “eks-ample but have noticed that some people where I live now in North Alabama use the “eg” pronunciation.
I am not asking what is “correct” or for the linguistic reason for this pronunciation. Just “is it regional”? Or maybe is it sociological or “class” related?
Clarification: I am not asking about the initialism “e.g.”

So often it sounds to me almost like the r comes after the o when spoken. Even the voice samples on dict do this! lol

If this is true my whole life has been an illusion and I've always been a fool by saying it proper as spelled "i-Ron"

I was reading about old-fashioned idioms and phrases, and I liked this one and definitely would want to use it, but is it even used anywhere, does anyone still understand it ?

Hi everyone! I'm a high school student from Ukraine working on a scientific research project about English youth slang, particularly the words and expressions young people use on social media.

I'm looking for slang that teenagers and young adults actually use frequently in everyday conversations and online chats.

Could you share a few expressions you use or often hear, along with their meanings and a short example of how they're used?

I'm especially interested in common, current slang that people genuinely use, rather than rare expressions or words found only in dictionaries.

Your help would be really valuable for my research. Thank you! 😊

My son (17M) will be 18 literally 2 months from tomorrow and has a High School diploma. Be he speaks English the way I speak foreign languages where you can understand what he meant to say, but just doesn't say it quite right. I'm not talking about slang, all generations have slang. I'm not talking about perfect grammar. I don't use perfect grammar all the time. I'm talking about things like modifying a word.

A recent example that inspired this post... He said that he didn't feel "discomfortable". You can feel uncomfortable, and you can experience discomfort, but you would never be discomfortable. It's the type of thing that can be confusing and exactly the type of mistake that someone who speaks English as a second language would understandably many. I speak two other languages and I make similar mistakes@ with those languages. But for a native speaking HS graduate, it feels weird.

If it was just that one word that one time, I would just say everyone gets a little tongue tied sometimes, but it's just one of many such examples. I'm also not nit picking at him making him feel bad, I typically just shrug it off because I understand what he is saying. I say something sometimes but I never make a big deal about it or embarrass him.

Just interested in other people's experiences.

Edit: this was my mistake for asking this question on Reddit where literally everything is handled like the crisis of the century. I'm just going to say thanks for your opinions and good bye lol.

When they get very well what the other person is trying to say.

MET test taker please advice me

Hi everyone, I got my MET results. My overall score is 54, and I need 55 for Virginia RN licensure. My scores are Listening 59, Reading 47, Speaking 57, and Writing 55.
I am thinking of going with a Writing rescore instead of retaking the full test. Does the Virginia Board of Nursing accept a rescore? Has anyone tried a rescore, and did it help increase your overall score? MET is not answering my phone calls. Please share your advice and experience. Thank you!

what’s your go-to/favourite slang word?

do americans use these terms? i’ve heard in joke a couple of times

i’ve head a local joke as well but i guess it has something to do with a place someone lives

am i right? help me out

Hi! I'm a high school student from Ukraine, and I'm researching how young people use English slang online for a school project.

I'm curious about the expressions people genuinely use in everyday conversations, texts, or social media — especially slang that you wouldn't usually find in a textbook.

What's one slang word or expression you use quite often? I'd love to hear what it means and see a short example of how you'd use it in a sentence.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and helping me learn more about how English is used in real life! 😊

Hi everyone, I’m not native english speaker. I try to learn english with my own pace by listening to podcast, reading, but I don’t have really an opportunity to speak before. I tried to speak alone but it’s rarely.

So now, I’m stuck to speak when I am in the meeting call with multicultural group for project, that means differents english accent as well. I don’t know but I’m afraid to speak and I can’t have any idea when we are going to discuss about our project. I feel that my brain is busy to understand what they say, what they discuss or to translate.

How to overcome this ? Do you have any tips to share with me to accelerate my speaking skills also? Many Thanks.

Does anybody else feel what I call "L2 English Fatigue"? In the workplace, I have to do a lot of meetings with French, Italian, and German people. I am getting burned out by L2 English Fatigue. I can't deal with it anymore.

Can any of you relate to this?

what phrasal verbs are your go-to when it comes to everyday life? figure out, find out, bring sth up, grow on someone, look for, pick sth up, drop sb off, pull sth off. what else??

I know it’s very basic but as a non-native I have never understood when I need to use « whether » instead of « if »… I guess native speakers will understand me even though I use the wrong one but still.

Please can anyone explain it to me like I’m 5 lol? I have read stuff on the internet but still don’t know…

Do correct me if im wrong but for the past few months ive begun to realize that the way some people use this word is like as if it's used for different kind of... wash, or whatever.

Appearantly one is actually cleaning yourself with soap, etcetc while the other is just pouring water to your body???

Is that right? This whole time i thought both are the same.

Hi everyone! I’m an English learner and I’m confused about straightforward and direct.
They both seem to mean “not complicated or not beating around the bush”.
Could you help me figure out the differences?
When do I choose straightforward, and when is direct a better fit?
Example sentences would be really helpful. Thank you so much!

There is English spoken in countries where English is the majority language, like UK, US, Cdn, Aus, and NZ. There is English spoken in countries where English is extremely common but not the majority language, like India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa, There is English spoken much (NL, Singapore, Malta) or little (Jpn, Chn) in countries where English is a somewhat foreign world language. The categories overlap at the edges, and other groupings are possible, but are there labels for any such categories?