English Language - what "Does your head in" ??

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Jdsk wrote: 24 Aug 2022, 9:35am... and then why an r is so often inserted when pronouncing one word after another and neither has one...
Then of course there's the "Bristol L", which I rather like.
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My late brother-in-law was a Bristolian.
He pronounced Bristol as "Bristowl" .............. maybe perhaps "Bristouwl".
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After over thirty years here, I began to notice certain Bristolian inflections making an appearance in my own manner of speaking... imagine the horror !! I soon put a stop to that, I can tell you !!
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DaveReading wrote: 24 Aug 2022, 4:40pm
Jdsk wrote: 24 Aug 2022, 9:35am... and then why an r is so often inserted when pronouncing one word after another and neither has one...
Then of course there's the "Bristol L", which I rather like.
And it's self-referential!

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simonineaston wrote: 25 Aug 2022, 5:10pm After over thirty years here, I began to notice certain Bristolian inflections making an appearance in my own manner of speaking... imagine the horror !! I soon put a stop to that, I can tell you !!
On an Audax through Aberfeldy, I noticed a barista with an odd, mixed-up accent. "Can I hear a bit of Bristol in your accent?" " no, but i am originally from Somerset*."
He seemed quite pleased that someone had noticed! But it is quite distinctive.

(*I don't live even close to Brizzle, so I'm happy with getting that close.)
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Mick F wrote: 24 Aug 2022, 4:00pm ............ and there's only one R in Law and Order. :lol:

I may be a Lancastrian, educated in Wigan, but although I speak with a Lancashire accent even though living "darn souf" for many yonks, I can still pronunciate worms corectely and spell proppper too.
Tha' means wazzums :)
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Grief!
Not used the wazzums word for eons! :D

For info - wazzum is a worm.
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Aftermath.

Why do some people miss-pronounce it as "arfter-marth"?
It sounds so stupid.
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Mick F wrote: 6 Sep 2022, 5:13pm Aftermath.

Why do some people miss-pronounce it as "arfter-marth"?
It sounds so stupid.
Is that any more than the regional trap-bath split?

How do you pronounce the first vowel sound?

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PS: That's mispronounce... is Skitt's Law in play?
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I pronounce it "silage". :lol:
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Rff ta MaRth ?

As opposed to after math.

Af is pronounced as aff, not arf.
Math is pronounces as math, and not marth.

Also, a bath is a bath, and not a barth.

Don't get me to repeat that temperature isn't "tempriture" and veterinarian is not "vetrinarian".
Also don't get me onto Wednesday or Tuesday. Not "wendzy" and "tuwzedy". :lol: :lol:

........... let alone "twenny" instead of twenty.
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My computer crashed due to the mispronunciations. :shock:
Just had to do a complete restart.
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Bmblbzzz wrote: 6 Sep 2022, 5:39pm I pronounce it "silage".
: - )

I only know the connection as a piece of interesting etymology. Is that the same with you? Or are there areas where it is used?

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We're 6 weeks in Sweden now and it's noticeable that a great many Swedes speak better and more precise English than English people in England do. Especially Devon, which is where moved from!

I am very much enjoying the multi lingual nature of my life now. Each day, I speak English, German and Swedish. It's a workout for the brain!
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Bmblbzzz wrote: 6 Sep 2022, 5:39pm I pronounce it "silage". :lol:
Silage is what you take off to make aftermath. We call it foggage :D
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