Unhappy Thread 2 (America, most, North, Miami)

[Baba_Wethu]

Originally Posted by GymFanatic

You're wrong, we pronounce it "prezintaysion", Americans pronouce it "preezesintaysion".

Oh wow, I'm sorry. I've just always pronounced it as prez, and I have an American accent, so I just assumed that's how Americans pronounced it.

Edit: I looked it up and both pronunciations are used in the US. So I'm not "wrong" for pronouncing it like present

[GymFanatic]

American television shows would say otherwise.

[nei]

I think the American "prezintaysion" would still sound a bit different than the British one from the accent.

Originally Posted by GymFanatic

Yes, i'm aware of that. The pronunciation that they use is irritating to me.

Goes both ways...

Sometimes, it does seem to me at least, that Americans change the pronunciation of certain words in order to differentiate themselves from the British or the rest of the world; look at the words Presentation or Herbs.

American pronunciation changes mostly happened before mass media sometime in the late 1700s or 1800s. Sometimes it's the British pronunciation that's more changed from pronunciation in say, 1700 than the American.

[GymFanatic]

Idk, maybe it's different for me because i'm not English.

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British English is sometimes more influenced by French than American English.

[GymFanatic]

Well the English aren't as influenced as much the Irish..They're still going about saying words like "shedule"..

[Baba_Wethu]

Originally Posted by GymFanatic

Well the English aren't as influenced as much the Irish..They're still going about saying words like "shedule"..

A lot of Englishmen don't pronounce the c in schedule. Where are you from then if not England? Maybe it's time to add location in your bio too?

[Dean York]

Originally Posted by Baba_Wethu

A lot of Englishmen don't pronounce the c in schedule. Where are you from then if not England? Maybe it's time to add location in your bio too?

He's from Northern Ireland. Northern Irish can barely speak English themselves, so being taught English by one is odd.

[flamingGalah!]

Originally Posted by Dean York

He's from Northern Ireland. Northern Irish can barely speak English themselves, so being taught English by one is odd.

I always read Owen's posts with a Jim McDonald "Whadda boot ya" accent in my head

[GymFanatic]

Originally Posted by flamingGalah!

I always read Owen's posts with a Jim McDonald "Whadda boot ya" accent in my head

How do you know I don't talk with an Upper Class accent?