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| Does anyone else pronounce "Soldering" as "Saudering"? |
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| chipwitch:
So..... anyone pronounce it "Kah-nyfe?" |
| John Coloccia:
--- Quote from: London Lad on May 03, 2014, 10:01:34 am ---I think you will find it was the other way round. English (there's no such thing as British English) was in use in England and many other countries for many years before America was settled. If anyone diverged it was America. --- End quote --- I think I'll find it's exactly as I said it was, at least as far as pronunciation and accent is concerned (which is what we're talking about). There was no such thing as an English accent until the English invented it well after the US was settled. http://www.livescience.com/33652-americans-brits-accents.html |
| London Lad:
--- Quote from: John Coloccia on May 03, 2014, 02:42:23 pm --- --- Quote from: London Lad on May 03, 2014, 10:01:34 am ---I think you will find it was the other way round. English (there's no such thing as British English) was in use in England and many other countries for many years before America was settled. If anyone diverged it was America. --- End quote --- I think I'll find it's exactly as I said it was, at least as far as pronunciation and accent is concerned (which is what we're talking about). There was no such thing as an English accent until the English invented it well after the US was settled. http://www.livescience.com/33652-americans-brits-accents.html --- End quote --- I thought we were talking about the strange way Americans pronounce the word solder ? Of course there is no such thing as an English accent when it comes to an Englishman speaking English. When an American speaks English, well that's another story and I don't want to go there :-) |
| nanofrog:
--- Quote from: London Lad on May 03, 2014, 03:10:56 pm ---When an American speaks English, well that's another story and I don't want to go there :-) --- End quote --- Revisionist history at its finest. :o UK pronounced things just as the US does at one time, then it was intentionally changed. So you've got it backwards.... Americans are accent free, while the UK went and messed things up. :o :P >:D |
| London Lad:
--- Quote from: nanofrog on May 03, 2014, 03:31:55 pm --- --- Quote from: London Lad on May 03, 2014, 03:10:56 pm ---When an American speaks English, well that's another story and I don't want to go there :-) --- End quote --- Revisionist history at its finest. :o UK pronounced things just as the US does at one time, then it was intentionally changed. So you've got it backwards.... Americans are accent free, while the UK went and messed things up. :o :P >:D --- End quote --- Maybe but we didn't 'invent' America until a long time after we 'invented' English so I think we have it right :-DD |
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