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Jdsk
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by Jdsk » 9 Dec 2020, 1:00pm
Cowsham wrote: Yes February should be pronounced Feb-roo-rary.
Why? Why not
feb roo uh ree ? where does the first
r in
rary come from?
Jonathan
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Jdsk
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by Jdsk » 9 Dec 2020, 1:01pm
thirdcrank wrote: Cowsham wrote: ... Yes February should be pronounced Feb-roo-rary. I do it for two reasons -- to remind me how to spell it and to annoy anyone within earshot.
With three "Rs" ? How many elbows?
Mine crossed with this. Same point but you put it better. : - )
Jonathan
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by Oldjohnw » 9 Dec 2020, 3:52pm
Cowsham wrote: Oldjohnw wrote: Of Febuwerry. Or I need to lift this off of that
Yes February should be pronounced Feb-roo-rary. I do it for two reasons -- to remind me how to spell it and to annoy anyone within earshot.
Not sure how that would help you spell it!
John
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by Jdsk » 9 Dec 2020, 3:54pm
And assumes the validity of prescriptivist concepts such as it being correct to pronounce English words as they are written... Jonathan
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by Cowsham » 9 Dec 2020, 4:24pm
Jdsk wrote: And assumes the validity of prescriptivist concepts such as it being correct to pronounce English words as they are written... Jonathan
Wed nes day
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by Cowsham » 9 Dec 2020, 4:32pm
Jdsk wrote: And assumes the validity of prescriptivist concepts such as it being correct to pronounce English words as they are written... Jonathan
Every time you post I have to Google a word you've used.
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by Cowsham » 9 Dec 2020, 4:34pm
Cowsham wrote: Jdsk wrote: And assumes the validity of prescriptivist concepts such as it being correct to pronounce English words as they are written... Jonathan
Wed nes day
But pronounced wensday or weddensday
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by Mick F » 9 Dec 2020, 7:49pm
........ or Wenzdy?
Wedd-nz-dy for me. There are three syllables in it, not two.
Another pet hate of mine, is people saying twenny instead of twenty.
Mick F. Cornwall
Jdsk
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by Jdsk » 9 Dec 2020, 7:53pm
Cowsham wrote: Cowsham wrote: Jdsk wrote: And assumes the validity of prescriptivist concepts such as it being correct to pronounce English words as they are written...
Wed nes day
But pronounced wensday or weddensday
Who says
weddensday ? The commonest version is
wenz day /
wendz day . (Rather than
wed nezz day .)
Jonathan
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by Cowsham » 9 Dec 2020, 10:58pm
I don't know how to even spell what I hear when an English geezer says " woeauqah " instead of water.
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by sjs » 10 Dec 2020, 7:27am
Cowsham wrote: Jdsk wrote: And assumes the validity of prescriptivist concepts such as it being correct to pronounce English words as they are written... Jonathan
Wed nes day
People like to be contemptuous of those others who don't know how things should be said/done. It doesn't really do their heads in; they enjoy the superiority. That's why the split infinitive was invented.
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by Bmblbzzz » 10 Dec 2020, 8:41am
Cowsham wrote: I don't know how to even spell what I hear when an English geezer says " woeauqah " instead of water.
' is the generally accepted representation of a glottal stop.
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by Oldjohnw » 10 Dec 2020, 9:24am
"Me and my wife are going...." Instead of "My wife and I....." And train announcers: "...speak to myself or another member of the train crew"
John
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by sjs » 10 Dec 2020, 12:44pm
Bmblbzzz wrote: Cowsham wrote: I don't know how to even spell what I hear when an English geezer says " woeauqah " instead of water.
' is the generally accepted representation of a glottal stop.
And "woeauqah" is a great way to pronounce water because it contains within itself the French spelling.
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by Bmblbzzz » 10 Dec 2020, 1:30pm
sjs wrote: Bmblbzzz wrote: Cowsham wrote: I don't know how to even spell what I hear when an English geezer says " woeauqah " instead of water.
' is the generally accepted representation of a glottal stop.
And "woeauqah" is a great way to pronounce water because it contains within itself the French spelling.
It also contains an anagram of aqua.
(I presume this is why Cowsham used this otherwise rather odd spelling; if so, it's clever, and if not, it's serendipity!)