Reminder that pronunciation is a cultural construct and there is no such thing as "correct" pronunciation.
Thanks for that public service announcement.Reminder that pronunciation is a cultural construct and there is no such thing as "correct" pronunciation.
Google's audio for aluminium places the wrong emphasis on um. It's actually on min. Brits say it as a-la-min-yum.
Reminder that pronunciation is a cultural construct and there is no such thing as "correct" pronunciation.
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It varies in Canada. Where I live on the West coast, "pra-gress" probably outnumbers "pro-gress". I tend to assume people pronouncing it the second way grew up in Eastern Canada.Is the US the only region where they say "Pra-gress"? I thought Canada just kind of was the same as over here.
For the longest time I pronounced SCYTHE as "SKYTH" (like "sky" with a soft "th"). It's pronounced SIGH-TH with a hard "th." :)
Did they not say the name out loud in ads or did the company just decide that was their pronunciation outside of American English?
The two that I'm amused by is the British pluralization of 'math'
i will be deep in the cold cold ground before I say maths instead of math.
I still haven't found an explanation on how you arrive at pronouncing the word "wolf" the way it's done.
I watch a lot of QI so I'm constantly hearing the differences in the way the English pronounce things compared to Americans.
Glacier is one I always remember.
Americans: Glay-sher
English: Glass-ear
Yeah haha.
Because it's also correctly called & spelled aluminum, and not just by americans.The way Americans spell/pronounce Aluminium... they say Al-oo-minum
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I think what Johnny Foreigner needs to realise is that us Britishers don't all sound like we have stepped off the set of a Richard Fucking Curtis film.
I've never heard Rover pronounced the way one of the posters above described.
Regional dialects are very much a thing in the UK, even within the space of a few miles.
Do you abbreviate economics to econs? Gymnastics to gyms?Do you guys study Statistic, Genetic and Physic too?
No, you study Statistics, Genetics, Physics and Mathematics.
Maths is the correct abbreviation, much as Stats is the correct abbreviation.
You should be familiar with Stats from your beloved Baseball.
thisbrit here. never heard anyone say it sah-pee-uhns. always say-pee-uhns.
Reminder that pronunciation is a cultural construct and there is no such thing as "correct" pronunciation.
Australia pronounces it like the US, Vite-a-mins. Triggers me every time as a Brit living in Australia.
Because it's also correctly called & spelled aluminum, and not just by americans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Etymology
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Theres no D in potato or auto, but you crazy yanks keep throwing them in there.
That's not a d, it's a fast t.
Also, when I went to the UK and ordered a bottle of water, the cashier said "Did you mean to say wa'er?" (glottal t) so I think we win this one.
It's not. D is a completely different sound, the T you are talking is closer to a rolling R (in terms of tongue position) than a D.
Reminder that pronunciation is a cultural construct and there is no such thing as "correct" pronunciation.
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Yeah it was in that bodyguard show I first noticed it.Ma'am ("marrrm") sounds different to mum, but close-ish to some American accent's "mom".
It's also a word that only ever gets used in institutions like the police. I have literally never said it.
Yes, that is the correct pronunciation after all. :pI'm so confused by this haha. I'm American and have never heard it without the "h". Are people pronouncing it like "Conk"?
(Some?) Americans not pronouncing the h in conch. Maybe a dialect thing?
What the fuck? And Google is promoting "conk" as the primary pronunciation. I don't care about most differences in pronunciation, but this is fucking unacceptable.I'm so confused by this haha. I'm American and have never heard it without the "h". Are people pronouncing it like "Conk"?
If I had to guess, the usage of math in America without an s may be due to the fact that school was usually about "reading, writing and arithmetic." (The 3 Rs)Do you guys study Statistic, Genetic and Physic too?
No, you study Statistics, Genetics, Physics and Mathematics.
Maths is the correct abbreviation, much as Stats is the correct abbreviation.
You should be familiar with Stats from your beloved Baseball.
As someone from Florida where conch shells and the Conch Republic are a thing...it's conk. I didn't realize people regularly said it how it's spelled elsewhere. I figured the accurate pronunciation would have spread.What the fuck? And Google is promoting "conk" as the primary pronunciation. I don't care about most differences in pronunciation, but this is fucking unacceptable.
SpongeBob might be to blame.As someone from Florida where conch shells and the Conch Republic are a thing...it's conk. I didn't realize people regularly said it how it's spelled elsewhere. I figured the accurate pronunciation would have spread.
I actually don't think I used one. When I was younger, I'd either call adult women Mrs. Surname if they were in a position of authority, or by their first name if they were parents of really close friends.What is the term you guys use for the same thing for saying thank you to a women typically when your younger?