A language question
#121
Re: A language question
To those of you in the States, how long did it take til you altered your own pronunciation of 'can't'? I'll ask about the other 'c' word later
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#123
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It's the weird pronunciation of "roof" that gets me. And "data" seems to vary between people as day-ta, dar-ta and datta (I always use the former, but never with the t=d American way)
#125
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‘of’ for ‘have’ drives me spare. Here, at least, it's more common than not to hear things like:
He would of come if he would of been able to.
And I still remember Bill Clinton saying:
He would of come if he would of been able to.
And I still remember Bill Clinton saying:
Give Al Gore and I a chance.
When Redford was interviewed for Out of Africa, he made a remark about working with Meryl Streep saying: The chemistry between her and I ...
... and then he actually made it worse —when I didn't think that was possible— by re-iterating it as: The chemistry between she and I ...
Thus proving he's a natural blond.
#126
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‘of’ for ‘have’ drives me spare. Here, at least, it's more common than not to hear things like:
He would of come if he would of been able to.
And I still remember Bill Clinton saying:
He would of come if he would of been able to.
And I still remember Bill Clinton saying:
Give Al Gore and I a chance.
When Redford was interviewed for Out of Africa, he made a remark about working with Meryl Streep saying: The chemistry between her and I ...
... and then he actually made it worse —when I didn't think that was possible— by re-iterating it as: The chemistry between she and I ...
Thus proving he's a natural blond.
#127
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But then I'm still known as the Mom with the accent at the local school
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Blond for men and blonde for women.
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Been here 15 and I still speak exactly the way I did when I arrived - cant's and all - not consciously trying to , I just think I sound like a pillock when I pronounce things the American way so try not to.
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One I don't like is 'ekscape', I hear it more on TV than from real people though.
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Please note: I do know how to use apostrophes properly, though.