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Steve Slatcher
Wine guru
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Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:51 am
Manchester, England
Peter May
Pinotage Advocate
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Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:24 am
Snorbens, England
Steve Slatcher
Wine guru
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Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:51 am
Manchester, England
Steve Slatcher wrote:
But pronouncing varieties like a native (which is anyway difficult to define in some cases) in the middle of an English sentence also often sounds out-of-place, and is very difficult to do even for those fluent in both languages.
Peter May
Pinotage Advocate
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Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:24 am
Snorbens, England
Peter May wrote:car-nt
Robin Garr wrote:Peter May wrote:car-nt
Carnt? What language says it this way, please?
Steve Slatcher
Wine guru
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Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:51 am
Manchester, England
Fredrik L wrote:Why she pronounces "Chardonnay" in a British manner and tries "Gros Manseng" in a phony local accent really beats me.
Steve Slatcher
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Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:51 am
Manchester, England
Tim York wrote:Robin Garr wrote:Peter May wrote:car-nt
Carnt? What language says it this way, please?
The British English of the sort which used to known as BBC English, before that organisation encouraged regional accents amongst its reporters. I say car-nt but it may now sound old-fashioned .
Steve Slatcher wrote:I think most Brits would pronounce it that way - with a long a, rather than an r you can hear, of course.
In the "good old days" I think the BBC would ban the abbreviation completely
Robin Garr wrote:Steve Slatcher wrote:I think most Brits would pronounce it that way - with a long a, rather than an r you can hear, of course.
In the "good old days" I think the BBC would ban the abbreviation completely
Ahhh! Separated by a common language again!
Of course I could not separate sound from orthography, and was struggling with why anyone would say "carrrrrnt" with an American (or Scottish) burr on the rrrrr.
Perhaps we could find common ground on "Cahnt"?
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