22-06-2003 10:15									#1
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aside from the whole aunt/ant thing, i've noticed dozens of different ways to pronounce day-to-day words.

when you use -ing on the end of verbs does it rhyme with 'in' or 'green'?

does 'people' rhyme with 'decietful' or 'cheap thrill'?

does 'water' rhyme with 'caught her', 'should her', or 'at her'?

does the day in sunday rhyme with 'stay' or 'be'?

got any more?

for me,
I say aunt, not ant
-ing like 'in'
people like decietful
water like caught her
sunday like stay

how about you?


thanks

	22-06-2003 10:55									#2
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer aside from the whole aunt/ant thing, i've noticed dozens of different ways to pronounce day-to-day words. when you use -ing on the end of verbs does it rhyme with 'in' or 'green'? does 'people' rhyme with 'decietful' or 'cheap thrill'? does 'water' rhyme with 'caught her', 'should her', or 'at her'? does the day in sunday rhyme with 'stay' or 'be'? got any more? for me, I say aunt, not ant -ing like 'in' people like decietful water like caught her sunday like stay how about you? thanks

I pretty much say them like you do except that I do say ant. Sometimes, I'll prounounce Sunday as Sundy, leaving the "a" out of it.

Then again I sometimes say

Winda (window)
holler (hollow)
ain't
yunder ( over there )
fixin or a'fixin (I'm about to)
drectly (directly)
reckon (wonder)

	22-06-2003 11:10									#3
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It really bothers me that people say 'our' as 'are' all the time.

	22-06-2003 11:34									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Lorizael It really bothers me that people say 'our' as 'are' all the time.

You better not come down south then

	22-06-2003 11:40									#5
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One question. Does anyone here pronounce the "S" in Illinois?


I know people who do.

	22-06-2003 11:51									#6
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Speer, one thing: Take another look at how you spelled deceitful..."i" before "e" except after "c."

That rule gets me too, on occasion...

Nevada -> Nuh-va("a" as in apple)-duh is Americanized while Nevada -> Nay-vah-dah is proper Spanish pronuciation (unless you want to get into "d" as in soft "th").

	22-06-2003 11:51									#7
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ant
sin
peepull
caught her
stay


Here's one:
say "kitten"

do you pronounce the tt, or skip it (ki'en)

Everyone around here seems to skip it.

	22-06-2003 12:02									#8
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Wow, TMM you're right. Never noticed that before.

	22-06-2003 12:19									#9
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quote: Originally posted by DRoseDARs Nevada -> Nuh-va("a" as in apple)-duh is Americanized while Nevada -> Nay-vah-dah is proper Spanish pronuciation (unless you want to get into "d" as in soft "th").

The problem is that no one uses the full Spanish version, they say Nuh-vah-duh, which, I don't know about you, is like fingernails on the chalkboard for me. It's Nuh-vaaaaa-da all you Easterners!

	22-06-2003 12:42									#10
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for me,
I say ant, not aunt
-ing like 'in'
people like decietful
water like caught her
sunday like stay

although, isnt it all prespective? what if i say deceitful differently than you?

	22-06-2003 15:19									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer when you use -ing on the end of verbs does it rhyme with 'in' or 'green'?

erm .... neither. I pronouce the G.

quote: does 'people' rhyme with 'decietful' or 'cheap thrill'?

deceitful
( @ the psychological word association in these options!)

quote: does 'water' rhyme with 'caught her', 'should her', or 'at her'?

caught her

quote: does the day in sunday rhyme with 'stay' or 'be'?

I pronouce it both ways.

	22-06-2003 15:32									#12
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How is the letter 'G' pronounced? That means, how it's pronounced when you're just refering to the letter. I've heard it two ways:

Gee as in the G in Gold
Djee as in the G in Gender

quote: Originally posted by Sprayber One question. Does anyone here pronounce the "S" in Illinois? I know people who do.

I do, because it sounds funniest in danish

	22-06-2003 15:43									#13
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quote: Originally posted by ADG How is the letter 'G' pronounced? That means, how it's pronounced when you're just refering to the letter. I've heard it two ways: Gee as in the G in Gold Djee as in the G in Gender

We pronouce the letter by itself as a soft G - i.e. "Djee"
Children are usually taught to pronouce it as "Guh", though - because that the most common way to say it when it's at the start of a word. Like Gold.

Although of course it's a hard G at the end of -ing.

	22-06-2003 17:14									#14
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The local dialect where I live is the only one I know of where 'water' rhymes with 'at her', but even that's considered pretty antiquated. My grandad used to use it a fair bit and my dad did when talking to him, but that's about it.

	22-06-2003 17:36									#15
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English is a foreign language for me and I've tried to work the Suecisms out of my accent. While I was aiming for generic American, it might be that I'm attempting to speak a sort of amalgamate from all the English speaking world.

Anyway:
aunt as ant
-ing as in
people like (de)ceitful
water like caught her
Sunday like sundy

Also, kitten like ki-ten. I used to minimize the t-sound (ki'en, spaghe'ee), but I overheard a friend speaking like that and it sounded so animated that I decided it's easier to make it sound right by pronouncing a clear t. That might've made my accent more ambiguous though.

	22-06-2003 17:48									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer aside from the whole aunt/ant thing, i've noticed dozens of different ways to pronounce day-to-day words. when you use -ing on the end of verbs does it rhyme with 'in' or 'green'? does 'people' rhyme with 'decietful' or 'cheap thrill'? does 'water' rhyme with 'caught her', 'should her', or 'at her'? does the day in sunday rhyme with 'stay' or 'be'? got any more? for me, I say aunt, not ant -ing like 'in' people like decietful water like caught her sunday like stay how about you? thanks

Ant
in
deceitful
Caught'er
Sundih (last syllable is like the the "i" in pin)

	22-06-2003 18:20									#17
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The best instance of this is at work.

I asked manyh ppl how to spell "uncatalogued". My manager said that how I spelled it was "old skool" cause I used a "u" in my spelling. Anyway, it turrned out that my "old skool" spelling and her way was correct.

	22-06-2003 18:40									#18
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What gets me going is the Aussie (maybe NZ too) way of pronoucing pen, pin and pan.

To me, they all sound the same!

Caribbean (also some regional English) say "bockle" instead of "bottle".

In the UK, one way to distinguish a southerner from a northerner is the word "bath". Northern usage is much shorter, with a "ba" sound like a sheep makers. Southern is more like "borth".

	22-06-2003 18:55									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Cruddy In the UK, one way to distinguish a southerner from a northerner is the word "bath". Northern usage is much shorter, with a "ba" sound like a sheep makers. Southern is more like "borth".

I think a clearer way to explain it is that northerners tend to pronouce "bath" phoentically, whereas southerners pronouce it "barth". Both ways are correct.

	22-06-2003 18:57									#20
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both "ont" and "ant" feel weird for me. i'm used to using the korean term, so.

people rhymes with deceitful
water rhymes with cauter (dropping the -ize)
*day rhymes with stay.

-ing --> "in"
window --> "window"
holler --> "holler"
ain't --> "aint"
yonder --> "yonduh"
directly --> "directly"
wonder --> "wonder"
reckon --> "rekin'"
atlanta --> "etlannah"
kitten --> "kit'n"
missouri --> "missurrah"

	22-06-2003 19:05									#21
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quote: Originally posted by FrustratedPoet I think a clearer way to explain it is that northerners tend to pronouce "bath" phoentically, whereas southerners pronouce it "barth". Both ways are correct.

Don't be daft. Everyone knows the northern way is the right way.

	22-06-2003 19:32									#22
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question from a foreigner: aren't "ant" and "aunt" 2 completely different words?

	22-06-2003 19:33									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Paul Hanson Don't be daft.

I think you meant "darft" there, old chap.

	22-06-2003 20:48									#24
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Do southerners also call paths "porthes"?

What about how you shorten the phrases "isn't it", "could not" and "did not".

Personally, "isn't it" either comes out as "int it" or "innit".

"Could not" which most people shorten to "couldn't" actually sounds quite rude how I would say it...

"Did not" gets shortened to "dint".

	22-06-2003 21:36									#25
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Could someone explain me what that ant/aunt bullshit is about?

	22-06-2003 21:41									#26
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The major pronunciation difference I notice between north and south England are words like graph, staff, bath, laugh....

I would pronounce the 'a's as an 'are' sound, but many pronounce the 'a's as you would in math(s).

	22-06-2003 21:42									#27
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quote: Could someone explain me what that ant/aunt bullshit is about?

It's about people seeing it spelled "aunt" and thinking it should be pronounced "awnt" instead of the "ant". At least that's the only good explanation I can think of.

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	22-06-2003 21:45									#29
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All I have to say is that the word is "pronunciation," not "pronounciation."

	22-06-2003 21:45									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Boddington's "Did not" gets shortened to "dint".

When I contract to "didn't it" it ends up sounding like "deer net".