[QUOTE=roflcakes;28454339]In terms of irregularities, the English language is an absolute nonsense.
For example, the word "ghoti" could be pronounced "fish" using "gh" as in rough, "o" as in "women" and "ti" as in "mention".[/QUOTE]
ghotiyay
Oh my god stop bitching about how other people pronounce words. You're being a total cunt.
And do you realize how intolerant you guys are being? So many people stereotype Americans as people who think they are better than every other country out there, but in reality, you guys are acting high and mighty over how you pronounce and spell a few words, such as aeroplane/airplane, aluminum/aluminium, garbage/rubbish, and TV/telly. Why does it matter?
[QUOTE=Contag;28453480]When they talk about 'erbs and 'istory.[/QUOTE]
What the hell are you talking about?
As far to my knowledge, we pronounce history correctly. (We still have the H in there)
I'm pretty shure you just listened to another fuck0nugget slang term, we have a nack for leaving out the first letters of every word in our slang.
Oh, and I agree with the guy above.
Also, it doesn't matter how it's pronounced, whatever country your in is pretty much the one you support, so there's no point argueing about it.
[QUOTE=Xenoyia v2;28233592]tuesday
british: chews-day
american: toos-day
tuna
british: chew-na
american: toona[/QUOTE]
How is that [i]ruined[/i]? Get over yourself, it's a different dialect. Big deal.
[b]Edit[/b]: Riiiiiiight, this is a 12 page long thread, I'm sure plenty of people have yelled at you already over that. :v:
[QUOTE=alien_guy;28233768]Iran:
British: ih-ran
American: eye-ran
Same for Iraq[/QUOTE]
eye-ran is the incorrect way to pronounce it in American English as well. George Bush popularized that pronunciation with the term 'Iraq' (eye-rack rather than ih-raque).
[QUOTE=BananaFoam;28458097]What the hell are you talking about?
As far to my knowledge, we pronounce history correctly. (We still have the H in there)
I'm pretty shure you just listened to another fuck0nugget slang term, we have a nack for leaving out the first letters of every word in our slang.
Oh, and I agree with the guy above.
Also, it doesn't matter how it's pronounced, whatever country your in is pretty much the one you support, so there's no point argueing about it.[/QUOTE]
You're right about history, but read the quote I posted.
'erb' is the original (1500s) French spelling, English acquired the word and begun using it, added an 'h' though it was still silent, America was colonized, and then the British began pronouncing the 'h'.
I disagree with
[quote]Also, it doesn't matter how it's pronounced, whatever country your in is pretty much the one you support[/quote]
because I frequently use aspects of American English in addition to British English.
Woo 'stralya.
[QUOTE=Contag;28453964]Herb is standard American English; a 1993 pronunciation survey, ~90% of Americans said herb without the 'h'. (The proper name, Herb, keeps it pronouced.)
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We don't pronounce the 'h' in Hull/The Humber.(NE England)
That said, inert and empty silent letters generally piss me off.
We do pronounce the 'H' in 'herb'. It's just hard to hear because of the american accent.
I do hate people who say, "Warsh" and "Winda".
"Hey, you want to warsh tha windas?"
I'm British and I drop almost all of my hs, including in herbs. Americans, though, seem to say some weird glottal stop before the word like a cockney dropping his ts: 'uh-erbs.
Request that OP posts correct version of the Union Flag.
[url]http://www.travellingtoengland.co.uk/services/united_kingdom_flags.htm[/url]
Does it really matter?
We can mostly understand each other, and quite a few English words come from other languages.
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