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Re^6: A Word Game

by jdporter (Paladin)
on Feb 11, 2022 at 02:57 UTC ( [id://11141326]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^5: A Word Game
in thread A Word Game (Update 3)

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Re^7: A Word Game
by LanX (Saint) on Feb 11, 2022 at 08:11 UTC
    > That's because the British are morons when it comes to pronunciation

    The American varieties with EE were given too.

    Or did you mean to say native speakers are morons if it comes to pronunciation? 🤔

    I don't think I'm entitled to dispute this ... 🤷🏽

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
    Wikisyntax for the Monastery

      did you mean to say native speakers

      I meant speakers of British English. Whether that should include non-native speakers may be tenuous, as, I suppose, non-native speakers are perhaps more likely to have picked up some American pronunciations from TV/movies. For whatever reason, American English is much more accomodating of proper pronunciations of other languages' words.

        It's always amusing when an American tries to pronounce "masseuse". No doubt one or two can manage it but more often than not it sounds like a herd of elk. :-D


        🦛

        I can't follow.

        You said

        > We do not say FEE-ord in America

        Wiktionary claims otherwise.²

        You seem to believe that American media comes with a standardized accent.

        I can assure you that this is not the case, probably you might not notice the varieties anymore.

        On a tangent:

        I had a similar discussion with another monk I met in RL, who said the h in human is never mute.

        Wiktionary claims otherwise and it seems it's also typical for New York.°

        I've heard already 3 variants in US TV shows 'yooman, hyooman and chyooman.

        There is also a new tendency to pronounce Street as Shtreet and so on, which might enter the dictionaries soon.

        Cheers Rolf
        (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
        Wikisyntax for the Monastery

        °) Tho I've been already told that NY is not American ...

        ²) and so does Merriam-Webster:

        \ fē-ˈȯrd , ˈfē-ˌȯrd; ˈfyȯrd \

        variants: or less commonly "fiord"

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