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Some of it could be physiological though. I once knew ... This was an educated person who read quite a lot. Only one? Many of us have encountered the pen/pin merger. When I was in school in California, and particularly my ... It's not a
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don groves
5 yr 199 days ago
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This supposed "Standard American English accent" sounds like a variation on the now rarely-used term "General American": From the dictionary at www.infoplease.com , which appears to be the *Random House Webster's Unabridged
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raymond s. wise
5 yr 260 days ago
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I believe no one here has disputed that the US has regional accents. By the way, I lived quite a ... Not just immigrants from elsewhere, either. But yes, there certainly are people in eastern Massachusetts who do have non-rhotic accents. Ah, now
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Does this relate to some stainless steel alloy? I don't get the reference but am willing to learn. Hey, that would have been extremely witty, considering your name! No, I took "mUs1Ka" to be using iron to indicate irony, and I
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OED gives /ma'kIzm@U/ as the primary British pronunciation, as does ... for "macho") has more to do with Italian than Greek... Nice hypothesis, but I don't think it holds up. If it really were a pattern based on confusion with
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tony cooper
6 yr 99 days ago
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Donald Duck quack-like. Midwest, in my hearing is ea . "Yeah" is ea, but only if it is prolonged: "Oh, yeah?" How do you write your cat, half, chat, that vowel, RF? I mean inyour phonetic description? You'd have to check
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pat durkin
6 yr 100 days ago
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On 25 Nov 2003, Bob Martin wrote -snip- In other words, do you adopt a strongly rhotic pronunciation ... and by your yardstick other versions must therefore be "incorrect". Harvey, considering someone to be an "insufferably precious
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harvey van sickle
6 yr 115 days ago
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While it was 23/11/03 10:39 pm throughout the UK, Pat Durkin sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus: My practice: Standalone "A", if it is an adjective or ... converts to "an": An historical, an
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pat durkin
6 yr 116 days ago
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There was a show on television last night with Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper in their old roles as ... in Kansas think NY Jews talk like". If it was an accurate accent, NY Jews should be muffled at birth. Sorry, Coop, but I wasn't
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6 yr 231 days ago
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