Re: silly question

[Blake Swadling <blake@swadling.com>]

On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 23:33 -0500, David P James wrote:
> On Wed 2 March 2005 23:10, John Hasler wrote:
> Come again? That "rule" doesn't apply to many of your examples!
David

OK up front I confess that i haven't been following this thread closely (probably since the second post), but I think you are assuming that everyone here is a yank. Not everyone in the English speaking world pronounce things the way you folks do (i hazard a guess that the majority don't)

> >
> >         default
>
> That's "d'fault" or "duh'fault" not "dee-fault'
Ahh ... yes it is dee-fault
> >         silent
> >         directly
>
> "dir-ectly" not "die-rectly"
again yes it is die-rectly

> >         pronounce
>
> "pruh'nownce" or "praw'nownce" not "proh-nownce"
once again i must say it is proh-nounce

> >         consonant
>
> "kon-son'ant" not "kohn-son'ant" or "kon-sohn-ant"
>
> >         wrote
> >         line
> >         user
> >         date
> >         resent
>
> "r'zent" or "ruh'zent" not "ree-zent"
once more you are incorrect, y'all might drop the 'ee' but we don't

> >         obeying
>
> "uh-bay-ing" or "aw-bay-ing" not "oh-bay-ing"
and again .... it is oh-bay-ing

> >         request
>
> "r'kwest" or "ruh'kwest" not "ree-kwest"
as per 'resent'


next you'll be telling us that it is "aluminum" ... check the periodic table ppl. there is a second letter 'i' in there somewhere 

if you re going to nit pick about pronunciation you should be a little more careful.

Cheers
Blake

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