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Other Topics => Polls => Topic started by: zurielshimon on August 20, 2003, 01:45:01 am
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Okay, my turn, and I'm going to make this multiple choice. All the choices are actual ways I've heard them pronounced by different people. :?
1. Talk : TOCK, TAWK, TALK
2. Lawn : LON, LUW-un, LAWN
3. Frog : FROG, FRAWG, FRUW-ug
4. Lever : LEV-er, LEE-ver
5. Iron : I-run, I-urn, IRN, AH-yurn
6. Oil : OH-ul, OH-ee-ul, ULL, URL
7. Diamond : DAH-yah-mund, DIE-mund
8. Didn't : DID-nt, DINT, DIH-int
9. Whale : WALE, HWALE, WELL
10. What : WUT, WAHT, HWUT, HWAHT
11. Roof : ROOF, RUFF
Once everyone is done, I'll post the correct answers. :razz:
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1. Talk, I definitely pronounce the L really a lot, for some reason.
2. Lawn, and I carry it out for really long so it takes me 10 minutes to say "Mow the lawn," 'cause it turns out "Moh thuh lawwwwwwwwn."
3. Frawg
4. Lev-Errr
5. I-urn . . . DUH!
6. Oyy-Uhl, my Dad says "Arl . . ." what a loser. :P
7. Die-Mund
8. Dihdnt, it's all one syllable (much like orange), honest.
9. Wale/Wail
10. Wut . . . But that reminds me, when I say "want," it's not like "wunt," like most people say it, it's all like "wahnt." Very weird.
11. Roof
I'm the only one who speaks correctly, thank you very much. :D :razz:
"Band or singer? For what? For, like, BEING one? I would sooooo be the singer!"
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1. Talk : TOCK
2. Lawn : LON
3. Frog : FROG
4. Lever : LEV-er
5. Iron : I-urn
6. Oil : OH-ee-ul
7. Diamond : DIE-mund
8. Didn't : DID-nt
9. Whale : WALE
10. What : WUT
11. Roof : ROOF
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1. Talk : TAWK, TALK
2. Lawn : LAWN
3. Frog : FROG, FRAWG
4. Lever : LEV-er
5. Iron : I-urn
6. Oil : OY-L
7. Diamond : DIE-mund
8. Didn't : DID-nt
9. Whale : WALE
10. What : WUT, WAHT, HWUT, HWAHT
11. Roof : ROOF
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1. Talk : TORK
2. Lawn : LORN
3. Frog : FROG
4. Lever : LEEV ERR
5. Iron : Ion
6. Oil : OY-L
7. Diamond : DIE-mund
8. Didn't : DID-nt
9. Whale : WALE
10. What : WATT
11. Roof : ROOF
Its hard though, because you would say As in a very different way to me. So imagine all those vowels as longer. lol
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I think I understand ya. And also keep in mind that British R's are more silent or indistinct than Irish or American R's. So for Americans, the OR in her pronunciations sounds a lot more like a long W to most of us.
(TORK = TWWK) or (LORN = LWWN)
:D
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I speak dutch all day long, so:
1. Praten
2. Gazon
3. Kikker
4. Hefboom
5. IJzer
6. Olie
7. Diamant
8. Heb niet
9. Walvis
10. Wat
11. Dak
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Haha! That's cool. I'm actually part Dutch, but the only Dutch I know is "Trek aan de bugel" or something like that. :D
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1. Talk: TAWK (soo LI)
2. Lawn: LAWN
3. Frog: FROG
4. Lever: LEV-er
5. Iron: I-urn
6. Oil: Oy-ee-el
7. Diamond: DIE-mund
8. Didn't: DID-nt
9. Whale: WALE
10. What: WAHT
11. Roof: ROOF
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I speak dutch all day long, so:
1. Praten
2. Gazon
3. Kikker
4. Hefboom
5. IJzer
6. Olie
7. Diamant
8. Heb niet
9. Walvis
10. Wat
11. Dak
LOL
Wow, that is how I say it too!
Haha! That's cool. I'm actually part Dutch, but the only Dutch I know is "Trek aan de bugel" or something like that. :D
Bugel?
*thinking
Nah, I don't think that's a Dutch word.....
heee
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I'm sorry - it's beugel. Trek aan de beugel.
Om te opennen, draai naar links en trek aan de beugel.
Does that sound better?
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I'm sorry - it's beugel. Trek aan de beugel.
Om te opennen, draai naar links en trek aan de beugel.
Does that sound better?
Om te openen, draai naar links en trek aan de beugel
LOL
Hmm...Fire extinguisher?
(if I even spelled that right, lol)
You're funny
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LEV-er for Lever. Lee-ver for Lever 2000.
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1. Talk : TALK
2. Lawn : LAWN
3. Frog : FROG
4. Lever : LEE-ver
5. Iron : I-urn,
6. Oil : erm, OI-ul
7. Diamond : DIE-mund
8. Didn't : DID-nt
9. Whale : WALE
10. What : erm more WOT
11. Roof : ROOF
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1. Talk : TORK
2. Lawn : LORN
3. Frog : FROG
4. Lever : LEEV ERR
5. Iron : Ion
6. Oil : OY-L
7. Diamond : DIE-mund
8. Didn't : DID-nt
9. Whale : WALE
10. What : WATT
11. Roof : ROOF
Ha! That's beautiful Rosie... lol
That'll show 'em... please include optional dialects in future quizzes... ;)
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1. Talk : TOCK
2. Lawn : LAWN
3. Frog : FRAWG
4. Lever : LEV-er
5. Iron : I-urn
6. Oil : oy-el ( i made up my own, lol)
7. Diamond : DIE-mund
8. Didn't : DID-nt
9. Whale : WALE
10. What : WAHT
11. Roof : ROOF
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1. Talk : TAWK
2. Lawn :LAWN
3. Frog : FROG
4. Lever :LEE-ver
5. Iron : I-in
6. Oil : OH-ul
7. Diamond : DIE-mund
8. Didn't : DID-nt
9. Whale : WAY-ill
10. What : WAHT
11. Roof : ROOF
No one is allowed to pick on my Kiwi accent
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Well, I think that's about enuff. I have to say of all the people who posted, it was actually someone from NEW ZEALAND who appears to have the least accent. :P And you others claim to speak English! :razz: Here are the correct answers:
1. Talk : TALK
2. Lawn : LAWN
3. Frog : FROG
4. Lever : LEV-er (LEE-ver acceptible for the soap)
5. Iron : I-run
6. Oil : OH-ul (only one person got this right!)
7. Diamond : (technically, neither is correct, but DIE-mund is closest)
8. Didn't : DID-nt
9. Whale : WALE (HWALE acceptible in select regions)
10. What : WAHT (HWAHT acceptible in select regions)
11. Roof : ROOF
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You're wrong on IRON and OIL. Just because the R in IRON s before the O doesn't mean you pronounce it like that. OIL is OYYY-ul.
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Why is there a correct way to pronounce something? It just doesn't exist. Oh and plus, if anyone was going to win it should've been me (mwhaaha) because i live in Wessex- where English was suppose to have originated.
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I'm just not good at phonetics so I don't know how to type them out... plus, to me those sounds would be spelt differently, which to you English-speaking ppl would be weird to read even if the sound of it is exactly the same thing... er, does that make any sense? :?
I guess I'd pronounce things similar to the British way though. So, yeah the way Rosie posted it. More or less lol I have this British-y accent. Those of you who've heard me speak in English might be able to explain better than me.
And... Yes, yes, yes! There IS a correct way. The British way. Always. ;) You Americans only distorted the sound of it (lol J/k I just prefer the British accent, that's all. Well the standard one anyway)