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Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?



Paul Johnson wrote:
On Sunday 16 April 2006 04:28, Nate Bargmann wrote:

* Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> [2006 Apr 16 04:13 -0500]:

On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 09:13 +0100, Chris Lale wrote:

Ron Johnson wrote:

And "c" will still be needed for "ch" (as in "church", not the k
in school/skool).

Don't forget that the non-US pronunciation of "schedule" is soft
(sh-edule),

Well, then pronounce it properly! :)

Then why do I hear Aussies (and some others) pronounce 'idea' as
'ide'er', or 'Daytona' as 'Daytoner'?


Same reason Warshingtonians can't say "-ash" without adding an R. Wash becomes Warsh, Slash becomes Slarsh, etc...

Not just Washingtonians. This is a general feature of the Low
Southern USA dialect. ("Low" as in "not living on the mountain
top".)

Mike
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