Divided by a common language...

[Fallenfromgrace]

Theatre= Theer-ter not thir-ter

Fall= For-l not F-aa-ll

 

[Sean]

You're not that mean at all...


Sean!

Shush you, you'll ruin my rep.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

No, no, no.....roooot is a part of a plant that grows underground most of the time; R-ow-t is a path that one takes or part of a postal address or getting one's ass kicked; not to be confused with R-owt-er which is a carpenters tool, and not to be confused with root-er which is a fan a southern football game; and not to be confused with rut, which is what I am in, or the southern pronunciation of the the singular roots.

My mother would argue you to the death on that one. She insists that a r-o-w-t is a fight, and that a r-o-o-t is both part of a tree and a path through obstacles.

 

[starrkers]

We've always got a giggle out of how mum says "layer" (lair) and "broom" (brum).

But I've never understood how Americans get al-oo-min-um out of aluminium when they don't get U-rain-um out of uranium etc.

 

[only_more_so]

We've always got a giggle out of how mum says "layer" (lair) and "broom" (brum).

But I've never understood how Americans get al-oo-min-um out of aluminium when they don't get U-rain-um out of uranium etc.

Actually in the US we spell it Aluminum. Note the lack of the second "i".

Check out this link for more.

 

[buxxxom]

You want some real fun, take a look at this dialect survey. Number 26 is about route, and it gets complicated.

That was a fun hour and a half! Cool link. Thanks.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Americans sometimes say "behooves", which I think is sweet of them.

I love that word. I truly do.

 

[Xelebes]

The Fiance and I have been watching an Ironman triathlon on TV (the things I do for love!) and it's being commentated by an American... may I just ask the Americans amongst you... How would *you* say the word 'buoy'? You know, as in the yellow or orange things that act as markers in open water...

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V

As a Canadian, boy. No stresses on either half of the diphthong.

 

[3113]

I can't pronounce words right in either British or American English. My SO is the only one who understands me half the time

 

[English Lady]

Shush you, you'll ruin my rep.

Nah, you do that yourself.


Regional variations are pretty funny too, I love the way my husband says "Claire and Pear"

Clurr and Purr, it's about the only scouse thing he has left in his vocabulary!

 

[Boxlicker101]

How about "schedule"? I think most Americans pronounce it "SKE jool". I have heard English actors pronounce it something like "SHE JOOL". Do you actually pronounce it that way?

 

[Vermilion]

How about "schedule"? I think most Americans pronounce it "SKE jool". I have heard English actors pronounce it something like "SHE JOOL". Do you actually pronounce it that way?

Of course. It's correct.
Shed-yule.

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[scheherazade_79]

Of course. It's correct.
Shed-yule.

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V

I've always said schedule

 

[scheherazade_79]

What about "ear" and "year"? Cos I've always said them the same.

 

[Vermilion]

I've always said schedule

But how do you pronounce it?

sked-yule or shed-yule?

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[scheherazade_79]

But how do you pronounce it?

sked-yule or shed-yule?

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V

skedule

 

[scheherazade_79]

or to be precise:

skedual

 

[English Lady]

I'll say Shed -yule more often than not.

ear and year are definitely said the same E-er and Ye -er

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I do both with Schedule. In my head it is always pronounced "Shed yule", and out my mouth is usually "Sked dual", because if I pronounced it the English way I would just be stared at more often than I care to be right now.

 

[Fallenfromgrace]

i say both for Schedule, but i prefer to say it and hear it 'sked-ual'

 

[NoJo]

As Bob Hope said, in reference to Sked yule/ shed yule -- "Well, I guess you Brits must have all gone to shul* when you were kids"

*(shul == synagogue)

 

[FatDino]

Buoy = boy
Schedule = sked-dual
Year = yeer

And damn! This is like learning how to pronounce English words in high school foreign language class all over again.

Right, back to work. Bye, Litsters.

 

[angelicminx]

Jeez, I start a thread, leave it alone for two minutes and it goes bloody Nova.

Yeah, the fiance and I were in fits at 'boo-ee'... especially when they even used that pronouciation for 'buoyed up'....... hah! 'boo-eed up' <snigger>

Anyway, cats firmly amongst the pigeons, I leave you...

also... it's pate with the emphasis on the 'e' (as indicated by the accent I can;t figure out how to insert), theatre, thee-ah-tuh and route, root, not rout, which is a carpentry term...

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V

Y'all use boys as markers in open water?! Gosh, how do they swim that long?

(Giggling. Cool thread, V. I love learning how words are pronounced in different parts of the world. )

 

[Sean]

And it's dep- (to rhyme with pep)-ot , not deepo.

 

[NoJo]

Mind you, I used to know a Mancunian who pronounced libido to rhyme with Fido.