How about the odd extra vowel in "pronunciaition"?Originally Posted by trurl
And of course the odd superfluous extra syllable in aluminium.
How about the odd extra vowel in "pronunciaition"?And of course the odd superfluous extra syllable in aluminium.
On this side of the "pond", almost nobody uses "whilst", but I was surprised to see "while" in the OP.
I type for school psychologists, and it baffles me that most of them pronounce 'comp-i-tents' (as in 'social and emotional competence') as 'comp-i-tensy'. I guess I figure they ought to know better, but they don't.
........... vās .................................................. .............. vāz
Orientated vs oriented as in Floyd's Pompeii film...
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Be careful not to try to learn anything from American TV. It is often the most ignorant people there who speak with the most authority. Newscasters especially. Can't count the number of times I have caught them in mispronunciations, misspellings (in on-screen graphics), and bad grammar. Also, they lie a lot. I was born in the USA of American-English-speaking parents, and "vaice" is the pronunciation I learned as a child. There is very little logic to American English. In 1970, I remember hearing Graham Nash singing "I'll light the fire, you put the flowers in the vahz that you bought today." The meaning was clear (a vase is what you put flowers in), but the pronunciation was not what I was used to hearing.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Yep, that's how we grew up saying it.
Why do some people pronounce the title of their father's sister as "ant" whilst (
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
I was always put off by the British pronunciation of the black cat/motor car "jag-you-are." I prefer the American "jag-warr."
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
You want to learn about pronunciation from people who say "Joizey."Because that's the correct way to say it.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Ah, that's the other one I was trying to think of!
There is very little logic to English. (through though tough thought, for example)
You got that right.
cough
tough
bough
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
you can thank technology for that - when deep space probes finally reached Uranus, they discovered heretofore unseen dark rings encircling the planet (not unlike the other gas giants in the solar system) - they didn't want to release a press statement that sounded like they'd just discovered dark rings around your anus.... paraphrased from George CarlinI love how, when I was growing up, the planet was always pronounced like "your anus," but now I always hear it pronounced "you're a nus" by any scientist I see on TV.
Compact Disk brought high fidelity to the masses and audiophiles will never forgive it for that
Versailles, Indiana is pronounced 'ver-SAYLZ' and I think the same name in France is 'Ver-SY'. that's how it's pronounced in the Al Stewart song "Palace of Versailles."
and one of my school psychologists pronounces 'sequencing' as 'see-KWEN-sing'.
I just wanna know how to pronounce the name 'Roine'
Compact Disk brought high fidelity to the masses and audiophiles will never forgive it for that
that's a great one. I've always said 'ant'. but all of my parents' sisters are gone so it doesn't matter to me now.Why do some people pronounce the title of their father's sister as "ant" whilst (
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
I read it as 'royn' izzat rawng?
davenport or couch?
Compact Disk brought high fidelity to the masses and audiophiles will never forgive it for that
sofa
Oddly enough, even though "davenport" takes its name from a Massachusetts company that made furniture, it's a Midwestern term.
Last edited by Dave (in MA); 02-25-2014 at 01:53 PM.
Well, this Pennsylvanian grew up right near "Lah-fay-ETT" College.
Actually, the only logic I've been able to determine is that it seems to be the most concise of the major languages.
Try living near Pittsburgh. Western PA, in general. They say 'ver-SAYLZ' and DuBois is "Do Boyz" (imagine the jokes). I'm surprised the got Duquesne right.
I have a sofa, but my mother-in-law has a davenport. Of course, she's 93 and still refers to "colored people." I always ask her what color they were.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Maybe we need to ask the National Association for the Advancement of <something you're not allowed to say anymore> for a ruling.
Might as well ask the Black Panthers, too.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
There is a Berlin (BER-lin) Massachusetts and a Calais (CAL-is) Maine, and contrary to popular belief, there is no such place as WorCHester, MA.
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