>
>How many are aware that the capital of South Dakota, "PIERRE" is
>pronounced by the locals "PEER"?
>
>
>Is the "correct" pronunciation the dominant local one?
I knew about a city called like my first name, but I never knew that it was
pronounced that differently :-D
Cheers,
Pierre
On 11/19/20 3:56 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> How many are aware that the capital of South Dakota, "PIERRE" is
> pronounced by the locals "PEER"?
>
>
> Is the "correct" pronunciation the dominant local one?
That's the way I learned it.
Other US cities:
Valparaiso (IN)
Edinburgh (IN)
Why don't you guys take this to another list, where someone might actually
see its relevance?
Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
How many are aware that the capital of South Dakota, "PIERRE" is
pronounced by the locals "PEER"?
Is the "correct" pronunciation the dominant local one?
On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 6:14 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
> In most detective programs until at least the late
> 50's: Los Angeles == LAS ahn-gall-lees
Definitely heard that a bunch on Perry Mason.
-ethan
On 11/19/20 5:06 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
For a while, I lived near "Bawlmer" (Baltimore)
On Thu, 19 Nov 2020, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
Huh. I did not know Baltimore was not pronounced boll-tea-more.
I was told that the "correct" pronunciation was BAWL-tim-more
Well,
On 11/19/20 4:06 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Long Island (NY) was pronounced Lawn-GUY-land
The current Long Island accent developed in the mid to late 80's.
Most of us living there before that had Bronx or Brooklyn accents...
I remember some of my friends would type on a
For a while, I lived near "Bawlmer" (Baltimore)
On Thu, 19 Nov 2020, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
Huh. I did not know Baltimore was not pronounced boll-tea-more.
I was told that the "correct" pronunciation was BAWL-tim-more
Well, admittedly, there was a time half a century ago, when
On 19-11-2020 18:11, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote:
> They're soft but not silent in my accent. But you're from the northwest and
> all
> bets are off when it comes to how the pie-eaters speak. Presumably at least
> the
> "P" in "psalm" is silent, because that really does sound weird if not.
Joolery
Febyuary
Wenzday
New-cu-elar
On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 at 17:58, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> As an American, I think Hugh Laurie and Bob Hoskins have quite
> acceptable American accents
AIUI, most people do. I think it's just to their countrymen that they
sound artificial.
> as does Jamie Bamber (Lee "Apollo" Adama
> in Battlestar
On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 12:20:36PM -0800, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
[...]
>> But yesterday, I discovered that the 'L' in words such as "palm", "balm" and
>> "psalm" is _no longer_ silent and is actively pronounced in some regions of
>> the US, and mere surprise was no longer adequate and I was
On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 11:14 AM Liam Proven via cctalk
wrote:
> (Aside: it is amusing to me, at least, that some British actors
> succeeded in Hollywood or TV analogues thereof, playing Americans, in
> what to other Brits sound like unconvincing accents: Hugh Laurie
> ("House"), Bob Hoskins
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 21:20, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>
> And the machines that Calcomp made (570, etc.) were called "plodders"
I am well-used to that one; I think all Brits are, from TV and cinema.
(Aside: it is amusing to me, at least, that some British actors
succeeded in Hollywood or
Most of us "merkens" haven't truly mastered one language.
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
I was very surprised to discover a couple of years ago that many in
the USA pronounce "squirrel" as "skwerl". My surprise was subsequently
pushed to its limits when I discovered that
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