my former roommate's granny could never pronounce janeane garofalo's name right, it always came out, and this killed us for some reason, as: JEAN-ANNE gair-uh-FOE-low
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 February 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link
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― mark s, Thursday, 1 February 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
haha yes
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 February 2018 13:42 (six years ago) link
'innovative' and 'optometrist'
― Badgers (dog latin), Thursday, 1 February 2018 13:46 (six years ago) link
my mum's mum was scottish (well, rutherglen scottish, which is a kind of scottish) and was very firm indeed abt pronouncing the h in words like "wheel" (= you have to say Hweel not weel)
this reminds me of an elderly substitute teacher who was completely insistent that (iirc) 'what' and 'watt' were pronounced differently, much to our confusion
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 1 February 2018 13:57 (six years ago) link
tbh tho i don't myself maintain the distinction i like when i hear it bcz it reminds me of my gran, who was grebt
― mark s, Thursday, 1 February 2018 13:59 (six years ago) link
grebt
Yeah my granny is also scotch & pronounces wh words with the h I also like how you can tell when an English person is doing it as an affectation cause they occasionally slip up and put the h sound into a regular w word
― very stabbable gaius (wins), Thursday, 1 February 2018 14:03 (six years ago) link
Which is another good thing to do on purpose obv
― very stabbable gaius (wins), Thursday, 1 February 2018 14:04 (six years ago) link
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But the thing I have most difficulty saying is 'Jack DeJohnette'
― Agharta Christie (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 1 February 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
with my NY accent, it's nearly impossible to say "horror." comes out like harrrrrrrr
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 February 2018 14:24 (six years ago) link