Broken English on Instagram: "I’m Batman ❌ I’m Bapman ✅ In natural, fast English, we don’t always pronounce words the way they’re spelled. Instead, sounds influence each other and this phenomenon is called assimilation. Assimilation happens when one sound changes because of a neighbouring sound, becoming more similar to it. Let’s break this famous example: Batman Careful pronunciation: /ˈbæt.mæn/ But in connected, rapid speech, it often becomes: /ˈbæp.mæn/ → “Bapman” Why does this happen? • The