Plan B Forum

I can confidently and proudly and honestly said I have not been getting any of them wrong.

In my American provincialism, I have never in my long life had occasion to pronounce any of them, in any way whatsoever.

However, I do know how, and have had occasion to pronounce Cairo, Illinois, USA, and I have said it properly, in conformance with local practice. (for you ignorant loyalists of the Queen, it is CARE-o, or there is an acceptable alternative of KAY-row. The two variants have some connection to the Copperhead movement of the American Civil War)

snailgate

Aha! I thought so.

Here's a real tongue-twister:

What BP said.

-"BB"-

dales wrote:Here's a real tongue-twister:

Child's play compared to:

Guinevere wrote: Child's play compared to:

Easy, it's pronounced "You fish your side, I fish my side, no one fish in the middle."

That's what it means, not how you pronounce it!

Guinevere wrote:That's what it means, not how you pronounce it!

I'm guessing that it transliterates more directly than Welsh.

yrs,
rubato

Beaulieu and Bois, the first two, illustrate the rule that any word derived from French used by the English will have the clumsiest mispronunciation possible.

See "Fillet", meaning a cut of fish, for another example.

yrs,
rubato

Guinevere wrote:That's what it means, not how you pronounce it!

You say it your way, I say it my way, no one say it in the middle.