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when they pronounce the a's in lava the same way as "sap" so it sounds like Laavaa
naked (neked)
when british people/jewish NY people put an -er on a word that ends with aMadonna (Madonner)Pamela (Pameler)Amanda (amander)Soda (Soder)
then they make words that end with and E sound like it has an A thereButter (butta)Flower (flowa)
or when people can't pronounce their ch'sChicken (shicken)Chips (Ships)CHilli Cheese (shilly sheese)
or when a W is just thrown in a wordDog (Dwog)Door (Dwa)God (Gwod)
or when people just completely leave off letters intirelycar (ca)
car (ca)
Quote from: Don Jacob Corleone on July 31, 2003, 03:24:47 PMwhen they pronounce the a's in lava the same way as "sap" so it sounds like Laavaaactually lava is pronounced that way. Quote from: Don Jacob Corleone on July 31, 2003, 03:24:47 PMnaked (neked)this kind of pronunciation requires less energy and enables you to speak faster. /a/ is a diphthong (two-vowel-sound) and /e/ is a monophthong (single-vowel-sound). You don't need to move your tongue from one position to another. Quote from: Don Jacob Corleone on July 31, 2003, 03:24:47 PMwhen british people/jewish NY people put an -er on a word that ends with aMadonna (Madonner)Pamela (Pameler)Amanda (amander)Soda (Soder)ever thought of the phonetic enivronment in which these words occur? if a word is ending with a vowel and the next word begins with a vowel, the segment /r/ is often put in between to mark the word boundary. Yet, it might also be the case that those British morons add an /r/ in order to sound like Americans since American English is a rhotic language.Quote from: Don Jacob Corleone on July 31, 2003, 03:24:47 PMthen they make words that end with and E sound like it has an A thereButter (butta)Flower (flowa)it's not an "a" but a so-called schwa sound. It's easier to pronounce since it requires less energy (almost no tongue movement)Quote from: Don Jacob Corleone on July 31, 2003, 03:24:47 PMor when people can't pronounce their ch'sChicken (shicken)Chips (Ships)CHilli Cheese (shilly sheese)all these words start with an affricate (->tsh), a sound which requires much more energy than a fricative (--> "sh").Quote from: Don Jacob Corleone on July 31, 2003, 03:24:47 PMor when a W is just thrown in a wordDog (Dwog)Door (Dwa)God (Gwod)i'll have to look up my books to explain this one... don't know whether it's regressive assimilation or some other phonetic phenomena Quote from: Don Jacob Corleone on July 31, 2003, 03:24:47 PMor when people just completely leave off letters intirelycar (ca)makes sense if you're british. RP doesn't know the segment /r/ in final position.
i think you just got schooled by the grammar police
Quote from: Don Breezio on July 31, 2003, 04:26:53 PMi think you just got schooled by the grammar police first up, it's phonetics and not grammar. second, sometimes it can be useful to know more about language.
peoples accents affect their pronunciation...why do we need a long ass explanation for that? i know i dont. i really dont think anyone cares.
Quote from: IAM rulz on July 31, 2003, 04:31:38 PMQuote from: Don Breezio on July 31, 2003, 04:26:53 PMi think you just got schooled by the grammar police first up, it's phonetics and not grammar. second, sometimes it can be useful to know more about language. peoples accents affect their pronunciation...why do we need a long ass explanation for that? i know i dont. i really dont think anyone cares.