OT - Pronunciation of words

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spinninglilac wrote:
What about the word Leicester, I have a spinningworks video and the lady
demonstrating says Lyester where as we say Lester

Lester is the town /county/ whatever name, but maybe the name of the
breed of sheep (and therefore of the wool) is changing. Or it might
be local dialect.

=Tamar

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Christine in Kent, Garden of England wrote:

Yes that's how we say it, and actually we don't put an *extra* "i" in
the
word, we just pronounce all the letters that are there. Aren't all our
differences what make the world a more interesting place?
Love Christine

Okay, but how come if it's spelled `aluminum' and you pronoun only those
letters, it sound like `aluminium'?

sue

I think you missed the post where she said there is the extra "i" in their
spelling. ALUMINIUM. ;)

Shelagh

"Katherine" wrote in message
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I think so, Gwen, since my father - who was definitely NOT an Aussie -
pronounced it the same way.

Katherine

heh, heh - for some Canadians maybe - but not this one. ;)

Shelagh


Gwendoline Kelly wrote:
Katherine I would like to say that is a bit of the Aussie coming out
but I also think this is the Canadian way too is it not? God bless
Gwen


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Shillelagh wrote:
"Norma Woods" wrote in message
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When I was in school, we learned to spell it the English way. I
think it's spelled the American way, now? I always pronounced it
Al-u-min-ee-um in my mind to spell it out on paper. Same way we
learned the English pronunciation "lef-ten-ant" instead of
lieutenant.

That's another word that amazes me. How you get 'lef-ten-ant" out
of the spelling is a puzzle. I'm Canadian, and we usually stick
with English things, but to me on this word - it's LOO TEN ANT.
(shrug)

How do you get an "r" in "Colonel"??? Same thing. Oh, and my father,
sister, and son were all in the military and they all pronounced if
"leftenant".

Katherine

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"Gwendoline Kelly" wrote in message
u...
Shelagh, I agree with that - I admit we say Lef- ten -ant though.
My best - or worst- example of that is a place name we have here. It
is
spelled GooNooGooNoo and is written as I have done, almost as though
it is
four words. However the pronunciation in Gun ig a noo - work the sense
of
that one out if you can?

We many of these in Scotland.. one example being 'Milngavie' pronounced
'Mulguy'

Tee hee - I love the Scots - I have Scottish ancestors - but hey - even I
have a hard time understanding the speech patterns sometimes. ;)

Shelagh

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Christine in Kent, Garden of England wrote:


Yes that's how we say it, and actually we don't put an *extra* "i" in

the

word, we just pronounce all the letters that are there. Aren't all our
differences what make the world a more interesting place?
Love Christine

Okay, but how come if it's spelled `aluminum' and you pronoun only those
letters, it sound like `aluminium'?

sue


I think you missed the post where she said there is the extra "i" in their
spelling. ALUMINIUM. ;)

Shelagh

Yeah, I saw that later. Just like the English to put extra vowels in
words....

sue

suzee wrote:
Shillelagh wrote:

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Christine in Kent, Garden of England wrote:


Yes that's how we say it, and actually we don't put an *extra* "i"
in

the

word, we just pronounce all the letters that are there. Aren't
all our differences what make the world a more interesting place?
Love Christine

Okay, but how come if it's spelled `aluminum' and you pronoun only
those letters, it sound like `aluminium'?

sue


I think you missed the post where she said there is the extra "i" in
their spelling. ALUMINIUM. ;)

Shelagh

Yeah, I saw that later. Just like the English to put extra vowels in
words....

Or Canadians/Americans to remove one - "neighbour/neighbor". I spell it with
the "u".

Katherine

Shillelagh wrote:
"Katherine" wrote in message
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I think so, Gwen, since my father - who was definitely NOT an Aussie
- pronounced it the same way.

Katherine

heh, heh - for some Canadians maybe - but not this one. ;)

AH, well, it is our uniqueness which makes us special, isn't it?

Katherine

"Carey N." spun a FINE 'yarn' n
news:RDA2f.2323$C62.1651@trndny05:


My, you went in a different direction. My mind was looking at the
"ten-ant" part of the word, and wondering if any or all of the
previously mentioned were just about as popular *as* ten ants? ;-))
--
Carey (still giggling quite giddily....)


OMGosh! I actually WAS thinking ten ants, but then tenant flew into my
head and I just HAD to go there, LOL! Noreen
the ants are marching one by one harrah, harrah, the ants are marching
one by one, harrah, harrah,....

Righto!
and... didn't you not tell me your father was a navy man???
Hugs,
Noreen


"Katherine" wrote in message
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Same in Newfoundland - a fishing province.

Katherine

The YarnWright wrote:
And NAVY terms:
Boatswain is pronounced Bosun,
Cockswain is pronounced Coxun.
JM2C,
Noreen


Yarn Forward wrote:
We many of these in Scotland.. one example being 'Milngavie'
pronounced 'Mulguy'



Or on England (and Canada) , Gloucester pronounced Gloster,
Leicester pronounced Lester, and Towcester pronounced Towster.

"Gunwale" is "gunnel".

Katherine

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Christine in Kent, Garden of England wrote:


Yes that's how we say it, and actually we don't put an *extra* "i" in

the

word, we just pronounce all the letters that are there. Aren't all our
differences what make the world a more interesting place?
Love Christine

Okay, but how come if it's spelled `aluminum' and you pronoun only those
letters, it sound like `aluminium'?

sue


I think you missed the post where she said there is the extra "i" in
their
spelling. ALUMINIUM. ;)

Shelagh

Yeah, I saw that later. Just like the English to put extra vowels in
words....

sue

extra vowels would be quite preferable to extra bowels, don't we think?????
running and ducking....
Noreen