Spelling and Pronunciation
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Spelling and Pronunciation
An historical moment? A historical moment? Judgment? Judgement? Spelling has never been precise. Using "Ax" for "ask", for example, has been going on for hundreds of years. This is the forum for asking questions, not only about spelling, but about pronunciation. The Good Doctor and his friends will check by regularly.
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Just short of this post's fifth anniversary, I thought I might revive the concept. We've been discussing local pronunciations of late; perhaps we should move some of them thar idears to this joint? Breaking them up would aid in dealing wit' 'em, no?
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I would love to see a thread on regional pronunciation, as well as one on regional uses of words, such as see-saw vs. teeter-totter.We've been discussing local pronunciations of late; perhaps we should move some of them thar idears to this joint? Breaking them up would aid in dealing wit' 'em, no?
Ars longa, vita brevis
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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100 percent Southern for me--primarily because of terminology like "buggy" and "cut the grass."
Questions on pronunciation tended to peg me as "upper-tier" Southern (geographically, I suppose) or something other than Southern.
However, I'm sure that I often don't hear my own Southern drawl.
Y'all come.
Questions on pronunciation tended to peg me as "upper-tier" Southern (geographically, I suppose) or something other than Southern.
However, I'm sure that I often don't hear my own Southern drawl.
Y'all come.
Ars longa, vita brevis
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