The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXI
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hobbsyoyo
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Hmmm.....Now that I think of it, I actually say and write it both ways. Honest to god I do and for the life of me I don't think I have any internal usage rules that govern when I use one vs the other.
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And a lot of East Anglian accents drop the entire ends of nearly all words.
So: "an a lo o Ea' an'lia' accen' dro' thu entir' en' o' nearl' a' wor'" is entirely comprehensible provided you understand what the speaker is saying before they open their mouths. (It's very like someone with a cleft palate.)
There's also the related but completely opposite tendency to put more syllables into words where they don't properly belong. But I wouldn't want to confuse anyone.
So: "an a lo o Ea' an'lia' accen' dro' thu entir' en' o' nearl' a' wor'" is entirely comprehensible provided you understand what the speaker is saying before they open their mouths. (It's very like someone with a cleft palate.)
There's also the related but completely opposite tendency to put more syllables into words where they don't properly belong. But I wouldn't want to confuse anyone.
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Geordies tend to miss a lot of letters out, including 't's at the end of words, don't they?
I saw one on TV a couple of weeks back try to say "architect". It came out as "ar-i-tec" if I recall.
I saw one on TV a couple of weeks back try to say "architect". It came out as "ar-i-tec" if I recall.
I guess this is the point where said accent stops being adorable and becomes just confusing.
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Ah. But you see, so much of everyday talk is incredibly predictable. Two people, who know each other, pretty much know what's going to be said. There's always a lot of "How are you doing?", "I'm alright, how's yourself?" going on.
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I'm not sure what you mean by Wheel of Fortune.
I think they're telescoping predictable small talk, and saving time and energy for more important things. Meanwhile, doing what every accent does to a certain extent: excluding casual eavesdroppers from easily telling what's being said.
I think they're telescoping predictable small talk, and saving time and energy for more important things. Meanwhile, doing what every accent does to a certain extent: excluding casual eavesdroppers from easily telling what's being said.
I mean leaving it to the person they're talking to figure out all the omitted consonants ...
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You mean like aluminium?There's also the related but completely opposite tendency to put more syllables into words where they don't properly belong. But I wouldn't want to confuse anyone.
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Oh I see. I think.
Kind of like the reverse of the Hebrew alphabet - where they miss out all the vowels. Welsh does that, they say. But I think it's more like Scots Gaelic.
And aluminium is both spelt (sic) aluminium in the dictionary and pronounced aluminium in real life. Unless you happen to be American.
No. I was thinking of words like toast pronounced toe-ast, and coat co-at. See? Yes, really, I do talk with people who do that.
"town" toe- wan (or something similar)
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You mean like aluminium?
That's perfectly reasonable! Most other elements like it end in -ium, I don't see why aluminium should get special treatment
Most people small-talk on autopilot, I've found; you almost suspend thinking for the opening moves of any casual conversation
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