Drop the 'haitch'
Jan 28th 2014 | 4:33 am
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Re: Drop the 'haitch'
And I got corrected by a 4 year old yesterday on my pronunciation of the word Zebra! She reckoned it should be Zeeebra and was visibly affronted that I could get it so wrong. 
Jan 28th 2014 | 5:18 am
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Re: Drop the 'haitch'
I was quite surprised in Australia how many kids said Zeebra, one of my own boys even said it a couple of times.
Jan 28th 2014 | 7:09 am
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Re: Drop the 'haitch'
There are no dialects and accents in Brisbane that I noticed. She was wrong, simple
http://andc.anu.edu.au/pubs/ozwords/...8/2._aitch.htm
Jan 28th 2014 | 7:55 am
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Re: Drop the 'haitch'
Ah, but do they say "an erb" ? That would have been gramatically correct back in the old days, just like you should say "an 'otel" rather than "a hotel". Things have moved on.....
Jan 28th 2014 | 8:00 am
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Jan 28th 2014 | 8:06 am
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Re: Drop the 'haitch'
And they say "Myrrr" instead of mirror. For some reason it amuses me.
Jan 28th 2014 | 9:25 am
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Re: Drop the 'haitch'
One says jog, bog, log, and yoghurt.
However one says "to ga" and "yo- ga" due to the "a" (vowel) immediately after the g.
There are exceptions to every rule. Having been brought up with the short vowel sound, used since there is no vowel immediately after the g, any other pronunciation just seems wrong to my ears. I am still getting used to "harrASSment" rather than "HARRassment"- thank you Frank Spencer- which has come into popular use and is now deemed correct.
However one says "to ga" and "yo- ga" due to the "a" (vowel) immediately after the g.
There are exceptions to every rule. Having been brought up with the short vowel sound, used since there is no vowel immediately after the g, any other pronunciation just seems wrong to my ears. I am still getting used to "harrASSment" rather than "HARRassment"- thank you Frank Spencer- which has come into popular use and is now deemed correct.
Jan 28th 2014 | 9:31 am
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Re: Drop the 'haitch'
One says jog, bog, log, and yoghurt.
However one says "to ga" and "yo- ga" due to the "a" (vowel) immediately after the g.
There are exceptions to every rule. Having been brought up with the short vowel sound, used since there is no vowel immediately after the g, any other pronunciation just seems wrong to my ears. I am still getting used to "harrASSment" rather than "HARRassment"- thank you Frank Spencer- which has come into popular use and is now deemed correct.
However one says "to ga" and "yo- ga" due to the "a" (vowel) immediately after the g.
There are exceptions to every rule. Having been brought up with the short vowel sound, used since there is no vowel immediately after the g, any other pronunciation just seems wrong to my ears. I am still getting used to "harrASSment" rather than "HARRassment"- thank you Frank Spencer- which has come into popular use and is now deemed correct.
Us Saffers have a mix of British and American pronunciations. Now dealing with Ozzie ones too.
Jan 28th 2014 | 8:41 pm
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Re: Drop the 'haitch'
Ask a Norn Irsh person to say power shower = love it :-)
Jan 28th 2014 | 9:59 pm
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Re: Drop the 'haitch'
Should "of" paid attention in Skool 
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Jan 28th 2014 | 10:12 pm
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Jan 28th 2014 | 10:13 pm
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Jan 28th 2014 | 11:39 pm
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Re: Drop the 'haitch'
Ohh have another
Yankees saying "Renn a sonce Era" for Renaissance Era
:-)
Yankees saying "Renn a sonce Era" for Renaissance Era
:-)
Jan 29th 2014 | 6:10 am
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Re: Drop the 'haitch'
Is it because they are hignorant with their heducation?
