pronunciation ...

[nalani]

How come when "baptist" has a "p" in it, people pronounce it "babtist"

and "presbyterian" (sp?) has a "b" in it but people pronounce it "prespyterian"?

 

[Nixy]

I (an everyone i know) pronounce them how they are spelled

*looks at ICQ* *doesn't see Na*

 

[nalani]

I can't turn on my ICQ right now cause I'm running 5 proggies .. and I'm in OS 9 at the moment

sorry hun

 

[Nixy]

*hates OS9* *kicks Macintosh*

 

[Gonz]

the purveyor of the English language seems to had a sense of humor.

How about Herb? the man or the flavoring?

To, Two or too?

Phone?

xylophone?

 

[Stop Laughing]

For example, how many different ways are there to pronounce the "gh"?

Ghost
Night
Tough
Dough
Neighbor

I'm pretty sure there's more ways to pronounce "gh" as well.

 

[Scanty]

borough

That's all I can think of.

I was trying to teach Luis how to ponounce the English words 'Leicester' and 'Salisbury' and stuff like that. Hehehe. English is magnificently confusing. Then you get cockney rhyming slang...

 

[Shadowfax]

Scanty...you're scaring me

 

[Luis G]

it all gone a bit Pete Tong

 

[Scanty]

 

[kuulani]

don't forget:

their, there, they're
hair, hare
oar, or
sea, see
write, right

 

[Stop Laughing]

bough, bow
where, wear
here, hear
bologna, baloney

This list is almost endless.

 

[Gato_Solo]

I'm kind of partial to this list myself...

Favourite, and the correct spelling favorite...
colour, and the correct spelling color...

 

[Scanty]

English...and 'american' English...

 

[Gato_Solo]

English and proper, correct American English.

 

[Scanty]

France..........French.
Germany........German.
Spain...........Spanish.
England........English.
America........um.........er..........um.........English.

 

[Shadowfax]

But I wouldn't go as far as saying Texan = English

That's waaaay outta line

 

[Stop Laughing]

Ain't that right, y'all?

 

[Shadowfax]

You got 'em just right, pardner

 

[Gato_Solo]

Hey. Here in Amurrika, we speak Amurrikan. Not that freaky-sounding British stuff.