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Ehrrrr Dehrrrves in Hull of course 
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Surely it's "Or, Doves".Världsstad - Dom lokala genrenas vän
Mick102, 102,3 Umeå, Måndagar 20-21Comment
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That is how it is written in Hull
And sandman, I pronounce Aluminium al-yum-mini-yumSpeaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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France is Fronce while we Americans prefer to pronounce it rhyming with ants."Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
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Yes, we know how France should be pronounced in French, with the very nasally 'o' sound. But it is also the English name for it and is pronounced the English way within the English language.Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Your aluminium sounds like a foreign chocolate bar, Provost.
"Infanoj! Peni la nova 'al-yum-mini-yum' hodiau^!"Comment
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when west coast idiots say SOUTH-ern instead of pronouncing it "suthern""Speaking on the subject of conformity: This rotting concept of the unfathomable nostril mystifies the fuming crotch of my being!!! Stop with the mooing you damned chihuahua!!! Ganglia!! Rats eat babies!" ~ happy noodle boyComment
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What is the difference in the pronunciation of sheep and ship?Periodista : A proposito del escudo de la fe, Elisa, a mí me sorprendía Reutemann diciendo que estaba dispuesto a enfrentarse con el mismísimo demonio (Menem) y después terminó bajándose de la candidatura. Ahí parece que fuera ganando el demonio.
Elisa Carrio: No, porque si usted lee bien el Génesis dice que la mujer pisará la serpiente.Comment
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Ya, yabectha (you bet in upper midwest dialect
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The "ee" sound is more elongated than the "i" sound.Originally posted by Plan Austral
What is the difference in the pronunciation of sheep and ship?"Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
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Originally posted by Paul Hanson
The "ee" sound is more elongated than the "i" sound.
Thanks.Periodista : A proposito del escudo de la fe, Elisa, a mí me sorprendía Reutemann diciendo que estaba dispuesto a enfrentarse con el mismísimo demonio (Menem) y después terminó bajándose de la candidatura. Ahí parece que fuera ganando el demonio.
Elisa Carrio: No, porque si usted lee bien el Génesis dice que la mujer pisará la serpiente.Comment
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I can honestly say I never knew the U.K.'s English was so ****ed up. For a country that originated the language you guys have about 40 different ways to say it.
I think the rest of the world should thank us for bringing (generally) normal AMerican English to the world. Hooray for American hegemony!
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Our method is quite clear. You lot have screwed with it
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Americans who say Lie cess terr Square.
Brits who say Ark an zass.
Worcestershire I say frequently- I cook with the sauce.
'Wuss-tuh-sher' should just about do it.
I like the way Americans in the Deep South pronounce words of one syllable as if they're a lot longer. Makes me feel warm and sleepy.
I like the way Canadians say 'out and about in a boat' as if the diphthongs all had the same sound. There are plenty of rural Australian towns with Koori names, and if you didn't know how to pronounce them you'd just give up. And even the ones with British originals are sometimes different- like Launceston in Tasmania. The Apple Islers pronounce it as 'lawn-cess-tun', whereas in Cornwall it's pronounced 'lawnstun'. Aussie comedians refer to it as 'Inceston' and make jokes about how travel agents never offer family discounts in Tassie because too many people would be eligible at one time....
Anyway, it's hardly a deliberate policy by the English to make the language as irregular as possible- you have words of Latin origin given an Anglo-Saxon/Old English equivalent, then a Norman French gloss over that. And that's without the Old Norse elements in Geordie land- people have 'bairns' instead of children and women are 'wifes'. Apparently the television programme 'When the Boat Comes In' was intelligible to people living in Scandinavia- odd, given other Brits needed subtitles for it...
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I can't stand it when people mis-pronounce my name. Which is usually Americans.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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