Very interesting discussion.
I recently tried to understand what the correct pronounciation of the
word "router" is,
because here in Germany there are different opinions. And I learned in
the end, that BOTH
ways are correct, like "rooter" and (don't know how to spell the other,
maybe) "row-ter".
While doing this research, I found out that the American way to
pronounce things often
is the OLD british way to do it, which was common in GB in the 19th
century or earlier,
and which then changed in GB, but stayed like it was in the US of America.
Kind regards
Bernd
Am 17.03.2023 um 22:45 schrieb Pew, Curtis G:
On Mar 17, 2023, at 3:59 PM, Wayne Bickerdike
<wayn...@gmail.com<mailto:wayn...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Always amazed how US English strayed from the home origins.
Sorry to be pedantic (language history is kind of a hobby of mine), but British
English has “strayed” from what it was in the 17th and 18th centuries as much
as American English. Not to mention that there was even more regional variation
in dialects back then than there is now, and some American dialects reflect
now-vanished British dialects.
Languages constantly change, and when groups separate they change in different
ways.
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Curtis Pew
ITS Campus Solutions
curtis....@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:curtis....@austin.utexas.edu>
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