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barefoot serpent 09-13-2007 03:31 PM
I'm wearing a dipthong.

monster 09-13-2007 04:17 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by glatt (Post 384971)
Do you pronounce Ferry and Fairy the same way?
No. We Brits have a plethora of vowel sounds, but we only let the Pilgrims take one with them when they left.

Cicero 09-13-2007 04:28 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by lumberjim (Post 384994)
whenever someone corrects your pronunciation, tell them that they have bad breath.

say, " Oh, thanks. and...uhm.....you have bad breath. do you have any mints? or gum or something?"

try it. you'll feel very empowered afterwards. you should say something fucked up to at least one person a day.
lol!!!
yea...thanks for the update...got any mints...no...not for me.....uh....do you have any mints for you?
That's a keeper!

Aliantha 09-13-2007 04:28 PM
I'd pay that one monster. lol Funniest thing i've seen at this time of day ever.

OK, that's an exaggeration, but it was still amuzing.

DanaC 09-13-2007 04:31 PM
Ferry = short 'e' two short staccato syllables. Fairy = a long 'air' sound, one long and one short syllable.

Shawnee123 09-13-2007 04:35 PM
I hear those words differently, so I believe I say them differently, though it might take a linguistic specialist to determine the difference. I feel the same way about their/they're/there, and affect/effect. I "hear" them almost as if it's a visual thing. Does that make sense?

DanaC 09-13-2007 04:43 PM
Absolutely.

lumberjim 09-13-2007 04:56 PM
d'ja ever tell someone that they have something in their teeth just for fun? or a bit of glitter on their face? just to watch them make weird faces and stuff?

monster 09-13-2007 07:51 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aliantha (Post 385035)
I'd pay that one monster. lol Funniest thing i've seen at this time of day ever.

OK, that's an exaggeration, but it was still amuzing.
I thank you. I actually made myself laugh with that one and caused myself to double post. I'm thinking the americans are not finding it so amusing.... :D

Aliantha 09-13-2007 07:57 PM
Maybe not. I hope they don't think we're being cruel. ;)

lumberjim 09-13-2007 08:07 PM
ch'yeah....cuz americans give a rat's red ass what you furriners think of us and our'n

Aliantha 09-13-2007 08:10 PM
:) ... of course you don't care Jimbo.

lumberjim 09-13-2007 08:12 PM
no chattingz!

Aliantha 09-13-2007 08:14 PM
ok. stop responding then. :)

Urbane Guerrilla 09-14-2007 06:52 AM
I'm with DanaC on ferry/fairy, and affect/effect are differentiated out of my mouth. Affect comes nearer a schwa, and effect may go to long E if I'm trying to be extremely intelligible.


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