I wonder whether he's a BrE, say, who is hearing ... way that might sound like "simmy" or "simm-eye" to PINPs. I wonder if there are any speakers of a variety of BrE who has created an initialism for the phenom ... vowel

I wonder if there are any speakers of a variety of BrE who has created an initialism for the phenom ... in London). It was the Speaker who consistently used the "Ef" pronunciation. Is he from Scotland or somewhere near there? I don't

I wonder whether he's a BrE, say, who is hearing some particular American accent's /E/ realization as an /i/. PIPs, for example, will say "semi" in a way that might sound like "simmy" or "simm-eye" to PINPs. I

I would also use the same vowel in Juan and ... would train my colleagues by failing to respond to "one". I think the usual pronunciation of 'Juan' in AmE is h-less, because the name has become so naturalized. Or, rather, ... AmE

The standard AmE Anglicized pronunciation of "Juan" has the 'father' vowel (rhyming with "John" in most AmE dialects); Hum. I've always pronounced (in English) with my non-"father" "John"vowel. I

I would also use the same vowel in Juan and father. I would also expect a detectable H, if ... "one" pronunciation but regard it as ignorant and lazy. I would train my colleagues by failing to respond to "one". I think the

Since 'Juan' is often pronounced as 'one', this is getting confusing. The standard AmE Anglicized pronunciation of "Juan" has the 'father' vowel (rhyming with "John" in most AmE dialects); the standard

Since 'Juan' is often pronounced as 'one', this is getting confusing. The standard AmE Anglicized pronunciation of "Juan" has the 'father' vowel (rhyming with "John" in most AmE dialects); Hum. I've

Since 'Juan' is often pronounced as 'one', this is getting confusing. The standard AmE Anglicized pronunciation of "Juan" has the 'father' vowel (rhyming with "John" in most AmE dialects); the standard

I'm confused by your "help" reference. What I intended to ... AmE dictionary that I have seen. Thanks for the help. To a Southerner, (hEj@lp) is exactly the pronunciation that an AmE dictionay indicates. And it's not necessarily