VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD!

[Frank F]

Ahhh, but then "day-ta" and "daa-ta" are two different things. The Military loves to use both - in different ways.

Each region has their own pronounciation of different words - such as those previously mentioned - I find it always depends upon the mood or tone of the copy.

Is ul-ways or all-ways? Moun-ain or mount-ain? Off-en or oft-en? The second on in each set is correct, but the first - may be acceptable. Feb-u-ary or Feb-ru-ary? Lie-bar-e or lie-brar-e.... and the list goes on and on....

Isn't English fun?

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[Drew]

Here in North Texas it's DAY-ter.
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[Hart]

Aluminum and Jaguar are two of my favorites. I had a British roommate for a while and sometimes I pronounce words like he does without thinking about it. People here in NC look at me funny.

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Armoire - I prefer "that big closet looking thing"
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[Don G.]

I default to IN'-quiries.
My instinct is to go with day-ta, but I will sometimes ask the director what (s)he prefers.

One that I almost fear seeing in a script is succinct. Until a few years ago, I had only ever heard it (and thus pronounced it) as SUH-SINKED'. In fact, the first time I heard it pronounced SUCK-SINKED', I looked it up. To my dismay, I saw that was the "correct" pronunciation. I had been wrong all these years.

Well, you know what? I still use SUH-SINKED' and no one has ever corrected me on it.

[Doc]

The American Heritage Dictionary is the preferred resource for pronunciation by most English teachers/professors. That's because it breaks down words phonetically and diacritically, then lists their pronunciations in order of preference based upon American English. There's usually (if not always) more than 1 pronunciation choice and each listed is acceptable.

Funny - I seem to say most of the words bandied about here differently. However, I learned to pronounce them with the American Heritage Dictionary. But, that was several decades ago. Maybe I ought to look at the latest edition?? (At LEAST to ascertain that the pronunciations I use are still even listed.) LOL

[anthonyVO]

And then we frown upon those who come to the U.S. and can't speak the language - or have trouble speaking it... WE can't even get it right.
LOL

I love Frank's "often vs. of-en" that one has always made me laugh. According to the AHD website, we lost the "t" in the 15th century, and because of the rise of public education in the 19th century, it has crept back in because of a greater awareness of spelling.

Yet "soften" is still "sof-en" and "listen" is "lis-en".

Me now confused, mon!

-Anthony