Re^8: A Word Game

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.

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Re^9: A Word Game by hippo (Bishop) on Feb 11, 2022 at 14:53 UTC
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 🦛	[reply]
Re^9: A Word Game by LanX (Saint) on Feb 11, 2022 at 16:17 UTC
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"	[reply]


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Re^8: A Word Game

On a tangent: