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Pet peeve thread......
"With so many people saying HEIGHTH, it's strange that you never hear people say WEIGHTH."
I like it. I may start using these and see if I can make them go viral.
"No. And accent is an accent, and there are a lot of them in this country. A mispronunciation is a mispronunciation. Two entirely different things." <-- agreed.
Americans pronounce a lot of things differently than we do across the ocean. It's been quite interesting for me, as I had always thought the differences weren't as significant as they actually are. (Then there's using completely different words for things, like torch vs. flashlight).
Was going to say... I consider myself pretty well-versed at English (vice American) and still come across a zinger that I have to ask about once in a while.
Makes you wonder how, after more than 240 years language can significantly change.
(brings up one of my peeves... adverbs come before verbs, no?)
Maybe I should have said dialect instead of accent. >.>
maratsade wrote:"No. And accent is an accent, and there are a lot of them in this country. A mispronunciation is a mispronunciation. Two entirely different things." <-- agreed.
Americans pronounce a lot of things differently than we do across the ocean. It's been quite interesting for me, as I had always thought the differences weren't as significant as they actually are. (Then there's using completely different words for things, like torch vs. flashlight).
When I was a little kid I actually spoke in a somewhat noticeable British accent due to my both my grandparents being Brits and my mother being born in Birmingham. I lost it as a got older, though.
