General > General Technical Chat
Pronunciation of "via(s)"
<< < (13/17) > >>
TimFox:
In that sentence, "via" is a preposition, and prepositions don't have plurals.
TimFox:
Anyway, for a non-chauvinistic encyclopedic treatment of the English language, with all its hybrid vigor, and its spread throughout the world, I recommend the definitive treatment in "The Oxford Companion to the English Language, 2nd Edition", Oxford University Press, 2018  (ISBN-13: 9780199661282)   https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199661282.001.0001/acref-9780199661282
Be careful:  don't drop the book on your foot.
tooki:

--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on October 18, 2020, 01:49:25 pm ---The pronunciation of "surface" is problematic for me.  I know full well that both ways ("sur-fis" and "sur-face") are correct, but whenever I hear the latter, I associate it as "super-face" or "the next face" instead of the surface being talked about.  It is somehow jarring, I think. And I agree, it's completely my own problem.  ;D

--- End quote ---
Ummm... “surface” has only one pronunciation in English, “sur-fis”. “Sur-face” is categorically wrong in all dialects of English. That’s a pronunciation used exclusively by non-native speakers.


--- Quote from: Zero999 on October 18, 2020, 02:32:05 pm ---
--- Quote from: tooki on October 18, 2020, 11:05:07 am ---
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on October 18, 2020, 10:59:39 am ---What is soddering anyway?

Sounds like a prison activity.

--- End quote ---
Please, please, PLEASE let that one go. It’s been discussed to death, and then some, on every.... damned... soldering.... video... that is posted by an American.  :horse: :horse: :horse: :horse:

(Executive summary for those who don’t know: that is the correct pronunciation in American English, whose pronunciation of that word remains closer to the French word it originated from, and does not represent American laziness or inability to read. There are silent “L”s in all variants of English. We know, it sounds like a dirty word in British. There, I think I’ve addressed all the points anyone has ever made in those discussions. No need to re-hash it.)

--- End quote ---
I think it's good to keep our sense of humour. No one is seriously saying the Americans are thick. Taking the mickey out of other accents is common in all English speaking countries. If we can't laugh at our differences, then we'll end up giving into PC cancel culture and end up in some authoritarian regime!

--- End quote ---
Hah, if only. I’ve explained this at length in prior threads. Believe me, there are plenty of British who very much hate Americans and think we somehow stole and corrupted “your” language because we’re too dumb and lazy to get it right. I wish this weren’t the case, but it is.



--- Quote from: Syntax Error on October 18, 2020, 01:57:28 pm ---What about "soldering"? Brits say SOUL-DERING, but Yanks I've watched on Youtube seem to favour SOD-DERING. Which to Brits means something entirely different. Maybe the Yanks are just buggering up their reflow?

--- End quote ---
Bit late to the party, huh? ;)



--- Quote from: TimFox on October 18, 2020, 04:55:25 pm ---Anyway, for a non-chauvinistic encyclopedic treatment of the English language, with all its hybrid vigor, and its spread throughout the world, I recommend the definitive treatment in "The Oxford Companion to the English Language, 2nd Edition", Oxford University Press, 2018  (ISBN-13: 9780199661282)   https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199661282.001.0001/acref-9780199661282
Be careful:  don't drop the book on your foot.

--- End quote ---
It’s a great book. It’s a source I use when debunking all the various claims of how American English is supposedly corrupted British English, when in fact, it’s just things from... British English. (Like “ain’t” and “aks”.)
pickle9000:
And in a thousand years it will be be known as a "sih" and no one will pronounce that correctly either.
Nominal Animal:

--- Quote from: tooki on October 19, 2020, 05:14:59 am ---
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on October 18, 2020, 01:49:25 pm ---The pronunciation of "surface" is problematic for me.  I know full well that both ways ("sur-fis" and "sur-face") are correct, but whenever I hear the latter, I associate it as "super-face" or "the next face" instead of the surface being talked about.  It is somehow jarring, I think. And I agree, it's completely my own problem.  ;D

--- End quote ---
Ummm... “surface” has only one pronunciation in English, “sur-fis”. “Sur-face” is categorically wrong in all dialects of English. That’s a pronunciation used exclusively by non-native speakers.
--- End quote ---
Good to know, thanks.  Apparently, I still can't decipher IPA correctly (/ˈsɜːfɪs/ vs. /ˈsɝːfəːs/)  :-[

(The lack of an e-type vowel at the end should have been a clear indicator.  See how hard it is when you rarely speak, but often read and write English?)
Navigation
Message Index
Next page
Previous page
There was an error while thanking
Thanking...

Go to full version
Powered by SMFPacks Advanced Attachments Uploader Mod