The Serious Question Thread

Why do Americans pronounce words incorrectly?

e.g 'vIytamin' instead of vitamin
'Zeeebra' instead of zebra
'Soccer' instead of football
'gas' instead of petrol
'windshield' instead of windscreen

But is it really

vaɪtamɪn ?
why not
vɪtamɪn

(IPA above)

Who determines the correct sound? For example, one might say that the correct way to say words ending in a 't' would be to pronounce it all the time, but even our queen doesn't do this upon analysis of her speech.

;)

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Originally Posted by AndySpeed

But is it really



Who determines the correct sound? For example, one might say that the correct way to say words ending in a 't' would be to pronounce it all the time, but even our queen doesn't do this upon analysis of her speech.

;)

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I do ;)

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

I do ;)

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No you don't, you're a northerner and probably say grass instead of gra: ss :p :

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Originally Posted by AndySpeed

No you don't, you're a northerner and probably say grass instead of gra: ss :p :

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Proves my point :cheese:

I don't know how people speak in Norwich, but Alan Partridge says 'gr-orr-s' instead of grass. ;)

And ant-i is another pronunciation mistake its an-tea [word=anti]

Oh joy!
We've had the North/ South divide thread in which people who due to an accident of birth were reduced to hurling abuse at one another purely based on their geographical position.
Then we had the "who's got a dodgy accent" masterpiece which resulted in a similar laughter fest and now we have "Let's C*** Off The Yanks Cos They Dont Talk Proper"
Excuse me if I don't join in with the pie throwing willya?

Well, almost every Brit I've spoken with pronounces 'idea' with an 'r' at the end.
What's up with that?

Is soccer actually a mispronounciation of the word football?

I've always wondered why the English mis-spell "jail". :p :