Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

Jack Knight wrote:
> Jim Kissel wrote:
>> Chris Aitken wrote:
>>
>>>>> Sean,
>>>>> Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way down on
>>>> the
>>>> list of annoyingizations of the language :)
>>>>
>>>> The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to
>>>>
>>>>
>>> pronounce the letter H as Haitch.
>>>
>> As a "Connecticut Yankee in King Arther's Court", well actually an ex,
>> as I've just moved back to the USA, it's "Hews-ton Texas, not "Whos-ton"
>>
> ... unless of course you happen to be in SoHo New York, which means
> "South of Houston", but is pronounced HOWS-TON. Calling it Hews-ton is
> to a New Yorker like an American calling Leicester Square "Lie-Sester"
> Square to us. ;^)=
>
> On the subject of Haitch, my Dublin born Irish wife will gladly inform
> you that Irish kids are taught to say it that way in school, as well as
> pronouncing R as "ORR".
>
> jfk (Also in the USA at the moment)
>
>
My two-penn'orth: the pronunciation of "nuclear" as if it were spelled
"nucular" <grate>

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