Irritating pronounciation

[percheron67]

I have just seen the Tesco steak ad and wish that the woman talking would not use a glottal stop in the middle of words. Perhaps this is regional but it sounds very lazy.

No because there is no R in poke. Hope that helps you sleep a bit better.

Hmm, I don't think I will, because you said:

Because pork is like "p-oh-rk" whereas "fork" is more like "f-aw-rk".

And 'Oh' has no r in it.

Least I think I was you. 🤔

Yes it was you.

Explain yourself!! My future sleep depends on it.

in my accent the “a” sound in aw is the same as the “a” in ar. The “a” sound in ah is different to both aw and ar.

That makes more sense! But still v interesting to me - where words like ‘car’ and ‘far’ are definitely an ‘ah’ sound, and very different from law, paw, etc.

Next time I see her I'll have to ask her to say them again! I think fork has an "o" like the beginning of orange and "pork" has a longer "o" when she says them.

(She won't mind, she asks me to say "year", because she finds it funny that it doesn't rhyme with fear for me. Unless I'm singing "O, Little Town of Bethlehem".)

@stripysocks well yes in that case the "o" in pork and poke are the same but those words aren't the same because I pronounce the "r" in pork. But the "o" in fork is more like an "aw" sound. And work is like "wurk" to confuse matters further 😂

I don't know how else to explain it but I have been repeating these words to myself like a loony trying to figure it out.

Polkadots - out of curiosity how do you pronounce "year" and "fear" differently?

fox, fear rhymes with hear or beer. Year is something between yuh-r and yah-r. My accent isn't rhotic, so the 'r' on the end is pretty soft.

It's actually really hard to try to write down!

aDvocado
BreGZit
MischievEous

aLmond is so annoying. BIL is adamant that's right .

Anyone know how to say Quarter? It irritates me when people say KOrter not QWorter but I've no idea which one is correct!

SisterNotCisTerf I like the way you're pointing out ar and ah don't sound the same to you but then basically laying down the law as to how everything is pronounced. I don't pronounce 90% of the things you've stated like you do.

I’ve caused confusion. I meant for me to pronounce walk like fork it would need to be spelled “wark”

But yes, English is indeed a stupid, lawless language!

Oh dear, I’m certainly not laying down any law. I’m stating how I pronounce words.

Where I come from (Ireland, not Island incidentally) h is definitely haitch. Walk does not rhyme with fork. Scarf does not rhyme with giraffe or laugh, and encyclopaedia does not rhyme with greedier (been reading Julia Donaldson!). Bath has a short a. Path and bath too.

Being a pirate, I pronounce almonds as “Arr almonds!”

With a silent l.

I do too @waxy, so that it rhymes with multifarious.

Ah, ha I see @AnExcellentUsername.

Everyone knows the best mn pronunciation bunfight is Evelyn Inevitably someone rocks up to say ever- linn...

But that's just how my friend Evelyn pronounces her name. Is she wrong?

Well,IMO.yes. I’d say eve-linn
There’s no r in it, but as predicted someone rocks up with ever linn

It's more an 'eh' than an 'er'.

EV eh Lynn.

So the first part could sound similar to 'ever' in some accents.

'Eve Lynn' is an unusual pronunciation.

I was given to believe that Everlyn was the male pronunciation, while Eevalyn was the female.

Rooves instead of roofs.....

There’s no r in it, but as predicted someone rocks up with ever linn

Which is entirely right for a non-rhotic accent.

Not precise in terms of universal understandability, but not incorrect for that person.

Most of those with rhotic accents I know are pretty bright and can figure out what a non-rhotic-speaker might mean without Needing To Male A Point.

Well, I nevah.

I have no issues with accents indeed I have one,I’m simply saying in my accen ,my locality it’s eve linn
I’m not going to go chap up ever linn and demand she drop the r, or else
That’s the whole thing fascinating of accents they’re a marker of
Location, heritage,and class

So you feel like breaking the screen rather than licking it?