Question on Italian Pronunciation
Sep 25th 2006, 5:06 pm
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Re: Question on Italian Pronunciation
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:25:21 -0400, "Audet" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I am from Upstate New York (near Albany) and have lived most of my 67 years
>in Virginia. I have never heard the short /a/ as in "fat" used in either
>place, though, as I have indicated earlier, I often hear it in England.
>Certainly the /a/ of "father" is far more common in the US.
I can believe some upstate New Yorkers call it "pass-tuh" because that
is a common pronunciation in Canada. They also call the Japanese
automaker "Mazz-duh", rather than the American "Mozz-duh". Living on
the border with Canada and working closely with Canadians affords me
such thrilling insights.
- TR
wrote:
>I am from Upstate New York (near Albany) and have lived most of my 67 years
>in Virginia. I have never heard the short /a/ as in "fat" used in either
>place, though, as I have indicated earlier, I often hear it in England.
>Certainly the /a/ of "father" is far more common in the US.
I can believe some upstate New Yorkers call it "pass-tuh" because that
is a common pronunciation in Canada. They also call the Japanese
automaker "Mazz-duh", rather than the American "Mozz-duh". Living on
the border with Canada and working closely with Canadians affords me
such thrilling insights.
- TR
