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My father, perhaps incorrectly, told me at one time that "ain't" is some variation of aren't. If you pronounce aren't as with GBE, you get something close to ahn't,i.e, "We 'ahn't 'going to the ball tonight" which seems close to the previously refered to an't and thus ain't. Just seems to make a...
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I'm not sure if this goes here, sorry if it doesn'tFor the past several years I have enjoyed the differences twix American and British English and I endevour to use the British spellings of words, i.e. Colour, Favourite, and to drop those annoying Zs', i.e.Realise, Scrutinise. Is the British...
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I thank you both very much, as a child my parents told me Jaguar was pronounced as Jagwar. This caused me some concern because in the area I was raised the people would often refer to those metal things that carry electricy as war. Like "Cut the red war, not the blue war." And I was told to...
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I do not know how to use the usual pronunciation key thingys, so I'll try to get my thought across phonetically
Shone, as in The moon shone on the water.
Is it properly pronounced:
Sh-own
OR
Sh-awn?
And
Jaguar
Jagwar
OR
Jag-u-ar?
Thanks
ERic
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I would agree with you, but being born and raised in the area and having an English teacher for a grandmother, I can attest to the fact that many people here refuse to enunciate when they speak.
So, having said that, it's not the accent that is terrible. It's the user's refusal to speak...
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yup, you're right. But in my neck o' the woods, there are voive-over guys who do a terrible job of the English accent. If you want to hear a terrible accent, come over and listen to the Appalachian Accent. It can be quite painful to listen to.
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I also would like to stengthen my Scottish/irish/British accent. I enjoy listening to them all. Unfortunatly, I am not Professor Higgins. Do you across the pond ever try to imitate American accents? I guess the very thick ones are easiest, (Deep south, texas, etc). But I digress, immersion is the...
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