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PatS
Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 25 Location: Northern California
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Don't you Brits say "an hospital?" And pronounce the h?
(Not to be confused with "in hospital" which takes a little getting used to when your own countymen say "in thuh hospital...)
(With apologies to kymerhit.) |
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khmerhit
Joined: 31 May 2003 Posts: 1874 Location: Reverse Culture Shock Unit
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:12 am Post subject: |
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Thuh apology accepted, Pat. But thuh thread must DIE. It's thuh last straw. Thuh final act.
Thuh End of the Affair.
Thuh Last Gasp.
Thuh Last Chance Saloon.
Thuh Nevercontinuing Story.
Thuh Aspidistra No Longer Flying.
Thuh Final Bend in the River.
Thuh 400 Blows.
Thuh Tank out of Gas.
Thuh Empty Cartridge.
Thuh Dying Embers.
Thuh Expired Parrot.
Thuh Dead Dog.
Thuh Swallowed Goldfish.
Thuh Apocalypse NOW.
Thuh Armistice, Miss.
Thuh Argument Over.
Thuh End.
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FGT
Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 762 Location: Turkey
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:21 am Post subject: |
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Why THE negativity? |
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Atlas
Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 662 Location: By-the-Sea PRC
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:55 am Post subject: |
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If you have a vowel with a consonant sound, the same rings true:
the one (duh 1)
thee other one
My Brit friend likes to program Haitch-T-M-L on his computer, and apparently some guy named Herb gives him medicine. And then he goes and admonishes me in a stern parental British way that the letter is "Zed", not Zee, but I tell you, Zee is more fun! In case you haven't heard, Zed is dead baby. |
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Snoopy
Joined: 13 Jul 2003 Posts: 185
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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Try visiting East Lancashire, where the definite article is still pronounced as a click. There was a pub in Blackburn known, as on its sign, as T'ole in T'wall. |
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khmerhit
Joined: 31 May 2003 Posts: 1874 Location: Reverse Culture Shock Unit
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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That's where my grandfather was from, East Lancashire, namely Widnes.
I think it's East, maybe not.
Everyone went down t'pub.
He must be wondering what I'm doing wastin my days on t'internet!
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:37 pm Post subject: Lots of company |
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Dear khmerhit,
Grandpa ain't the only one - we're ALL wondering about that.
Regards,
John |
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Dr.J
Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 304 Location: usually Japan
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 12:56 am Post subject: |
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When the appears before a vowel, you can often have either the schwa or the long e sound.
However, some words seem to be eaiser to pronounce using one or the other, leading to trends in usage. For example:
"Thee end" sounds better (at least to me) than "The (glottal stop) end".
That just sounds thick. |
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