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Re: OT. The Chaos of English Pronunciation

No wonder 1/2 my family moved to the Aussie-land in the 40-ies instead:



PS wonder if anyone brought along an accordion, or set of bagpipes even, that work out there - Nout

Re: OT. The Chaos of English Pronunciation

The sadist who wrote this "poem" is a fellow countryman of yours!

Re: OT. The Chaos of English Pronunciation

Did not seem sad to me.

Re: OT. The Chaos of English Pronunciation

It's not just the sounds but also which syllables to accent.

Negotiator

NEE goo TIE uh TOR

(for example)

Re: OT. The Chaos of English Pronunciation

You're right, that's something we often forget; and also to pronounce the diphthongs, because there are none in French.

Re: OT. The Chaos of English Pronunciation

"You're right, that's something we often forget; and also to pronounce the diphthongs, because there are none in French."

Isn't a "dipthong" the bottom half of a bikini ?

Re: OT. The Chaos of English Pronunciation

It's not just the sounds but also which syllables to accent.

Negotiator

NEE goo TIE uh TOR


re doing your suggested pronunciation

knee gu ty uh tOr

does not indicate the correct pronunciation nor the syllables that get accented

Re: OT. The Chaos of English Pronunciation

No comment from me on this topic! The video tells it all.



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