I would have said those were the only 'standard' pronunciations in BrE, yes. The vowel shown for 'golf' would be different in AmE (the a in father), but that shown for 'gulf' would be the same.
Marvin,
I misspoke. "heard ... only one way" gave the wrong impression. I'm sure there are many different ways with many, many regional and sub-regional variants. Probably I meant something more like "ever heard among my friends, relatives, and acquaintances, none of whom were born or raised south of the Mason-Dixon line or east of the Mississippi"!
CJ
Totally different!
If a weather caster pronounces The Gulf of Mexico as the “Golf” of Mexico, I change the channel.
Do you realize that you are answering a question that was asked 12 years ago?
Why not answer questions that are more recent? That way you have a better chance that the person who asked the question is still participating on our forum and can benefit from your answer.
I would have said those were the only 'standard' pronunciations in BrE, yes. The vowel shown for 'golf' would be different in AmE (the a in father), but that shown for 'gulf' would be the same.
Marvin,
I misspoke. "heard ... only one way" gave the wrong impression. I'm sure there are many different ways with many, many regional and sub-regional variants. Probably I meant something more like "ever heard among my friends, relatives, and acquaintances, none of whom were born or raised south of the Mason-Dixon line or east of the Mississippi"!
CJ
Totally different!
If a weather caster pronounces The Gulf of Mexico as the “Golf” of Mexico, I change the channel.
if you can say
sea gull or Jethro Tull
you can say Gulf correctly
Do you realize that you are answering a question that was asked 12 years ago?
Why not answer questions that are more recent? That way you have a better chance that the person who asked the question is still participating on our forum and can benefit from your answer.
CJ