I would not expect RP speakers to pronounce "Oprah" exactly as Oprah herself pronounces it, but I would expect them to pronounce her name with the British pronunciation which was the closest equivalent, that is, with the vowel they use

Thus spake Raymond S. Wise: I would not expect RP speakers to pronounce "Oprah" ... written form, rather than adapting from the spoken American form. Why do you expect that? The closest word we have I "opera", and only the

Thus spake Raymond S. Wise: That depends on what you mean by "everyone". I have ... her on the radio, which have all been, IIRC, "OPP-ruh". I would not expect RP speakers to pronounce "Oprah" exactly as Oprah herself

This morning I heard a BBC World Service announcer made ... the correction would have been made but apparently not. That depends on what you mean by "everyone". I have no idea how she pronounces her name, nor do I ... I have to go on is

This subject has been discussed previously in this group. When the schwa sign is used for /V/ as well as the unstressed vowel, the two are considered to be two allophones of the same phoneme. This is how Evan Kirschenbaum sees it, and how the

I didn't catch Letterman's show last night. But Davis gave Arnold one suggestion on how to pronounce 'California' correctly. Do any of you know how both of them pronounce 'California'? Offhand, no, but perhaps Arnold gives

Yesterday I came upon a phonetic spelling in which "o" represented /A/ I think that's the vowel it's intended to represent, ... America,* Ramsey used a phonetic spelling to represent the pronunciation of the name of President

Yesterday I came upon a phonetic spelling in which "o" represented /A/ I think that's the vowel it's intended to represent, anyway. The St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press reprinted a review from the Seattle Times written by Bruce

Not in England. It's /mOlbr@/ or /mOlb@r@/ here, though /mAlb(@)r@/ is probably taking over. In Flatbush (The Heart of Brooklyn ), Marlborough Road was and probably still is pronounced /'mArl,bVroU roUd/ by rhotics and /'mA:l,bVroU

MWCD10 gives three pronunciations for "want": /wOnt/, also /wAnt/, /w@nt/ ... "also" means "the ones that follow are significantly less common".) I say "want" as /wAnt/; I'm surprised to learn that it is