How do you pronounce . . . ? Part 3

[Holly]

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

[Jay_Oh]

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

[zurielshimon]

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.  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

[PIBby]

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.

[rosieposy87]

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.

[neos]

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)