How do you pronounce Southern?
Why is Southern pronounce Southern?
How come Trisyllabic laxing caused ‘southern‘ to have a short vowel instead of a long vowel? The anomaly here is caused by historical sound changes. ‘Southern‘ used to be a three-syllable word when Trisyllabic Laxing applied. In Middle English, ‘southern‘ was pronounced /ˈsuː.
How is 2020 pronounced?
The year 2020 will be “twenty-twenty,” and the year 2115 will be “twenty-one-fifteen.”