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Post #115,978
by Another Scott
8/30/03 1:24:06 PM
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New In addition to that, consider: "Merry Mary got married."
"Mirry Miry got mirried."

"Merry Mery got merried."

"Merry Marry got married."

Etc.

"Water" is another good one for huge regional pronouncaition differences. So in addition to pronounciation rules, there are huge regional differences that make it a difficult language to pick up.

Of course, French has similar things too. Renault and Pugeot both end in the "O" sound...

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #116,627
by jake123
9/4/03 4:59:09 PM
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New Renault vs. Peugeot
They aren't actually the same, just very close. Sort of "renow" vs. "peusho", thought that doesn't quite cover the difference exactly.

Another good one in French is cognac... the "gn" sound is very glottal. Longeuil (suburb of Montreal) demonstrates another sound that's very subtle, the "euil" ending. To straight english ears, it sounds like "oy", but in fact the l is in there in how you move your tongue when pronouncing it properly.
--\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton                            jake at consultron.ca *\n* [link|http://consultron.ca|http://consultron.ca]                   [link|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] *\n* Kingston Ontario Canada               [link|news://news.consultron.ca|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
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         Aiglth breath eagrhe aithacliath -NT - (deSitter) - Aug. 30, 2003, 01:04:20 AM EDT
         He was an English teacher in a previous life... :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Aug. 30, 2003, 01:07:14 AM EDT
         The history of English is fascinating. - (static) - (14) - Aug. 30, 2003, 03:25:27 AM EDT
             Re: The history of English is fascinating. - (deSitter) - (13) - Aug. 30, 2003, 01:16:55 PM EDT
                 Depends on where you're coming from. - (admin) - (10) - Aug. 30, 2003, 01:21:37 PM EDT
                     On Japanese - (pwhysall) - (9) - Aug. 30, 2003, 01:33:31 PM EDT
                         Had the opposite opinion on spoken from college roommate :-) - (admin) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2003, 01:36:39 PM EDT
                             It's more of a culture than a language. - (static) - Sept. 1, 2003, 09:57:12 AM EDT
                         From someone who's been there. - (inthane-chan) - (6) - Aug. 31, 2003, 05:43:53 PM EDT
                             Re: From someone who's been there. - (pwhysall) - (4) - Aug. 31, 2003, 05:59:00 PM EDT
                                 Hungarian? - (deSitter) - (3) - Aug. 31, 2003, 08:30:50 PM EDT
                                     Re: Hungarian? - (pwhysall) - (2) - Sept. 1, 2003, 03:13:45 AM EDT
                                         Ah, the essentials. - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2003, 09:53:07 AM EDT
                                             Absolut-ley :) -NT - (pwhysall) - Sept. 5, 2003, 03:28:02 AM EDT
                             One thing I noticed in Spanish... - (FuManChu) - Aug. 31, 2003, 10:22:32 PM EDT
                 In addition to that, consider: "Merry Mary got married." - (Another Scott) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2003, 01:24:06 PM EDT
                     Renault vs. Peugeot - (jake123) - Sept. 4, 2003, 04:59:09 PM EDT
         Not Old German, Actual English: - (pwhysall) - Aug. 30, 2003, 04:26:41 AM EDT

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