This is a non-sequitur argument. That the French word "lingerie" is pronounced in English with the "ay" of "hay," How strange. I would have thought the main oddity about the English pronunciation of lingerie was the

I wonder which variety of English CyberCypher/Franke would consider "dumbed-down ... rabbit" or the version in which people say "Welsh rarebit." He wouldn't be able to tell; the pronunciation is identical. Three

Interesting examples. Those are one (sic) syllable words for me. . . . Two syllables for me; no diphthong. But they all have about the same quantity! so to say that has one of something but has ... say that Miss Moore's syllable-count poems

Interesting examples. Those are one (sic) syllable words for me. . . . Two syllables for me; no diphthong. But they all have about the same quantity! so to say that has oneof something but has two ... to say that Miss Moore's syllable-count

So too for me. "Theater" and "idea" (each two syllables) are, I think, the only words where I have a diphthong /i@/. Really? Did you mean to exclude words where that sound does not have primary stress (e.g. "area",

But in many British accents (and I think some American ... and so I don't think of myself as saying "theerter". So too for me. "Theater" and "idea" (each two syllables) are, I think, the only words where I have a

But in many British accents (and I think some American ones too), "theatre" doesn't really have consecutive vowels; it has ... how I say it too, although my accent is rhotic and so I don't think of myself as saying

Okay, let's try. When most Brits say "near to the ... "yatter" with a "th" tacked on the front (Tj&t@). Whereas some Scots can't handle consecutive vowels, and say 'theeter'. I love Eddie Mair this side

I would include standard Scottish English in the concept of "standard BrE", and they don't say "ACK-tuh". They also pronounce theatre as "THYATT-uh", for some reason best known to themselves. Could you give us

How about "ack-tuz"? No, the traditional British actor supposedly pronounces it as "ACK-taw" (rhymes with "jackdaw"), rather than the standard BrE "ACK-tuh". I would include standard Scottish English in the