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chickenfeet ([personal profile] chickenfeet) wrote2006-01-31 01:30 pm
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A question of pronunciation

Inspired by [livejournal.com profile] forthright I thought I'd ask some questions about English pronunciation. How do you pronounce the following:

[Poll #663848]

[identity profile] helianthas.livejournal.com 2006-01-31 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, my grandfather used to say "Warsh" and "terlet" (for toilet) and "strawr" for straw.
He was hardcore brooklyn-Italian saying "toidy-toid and toid" and all that.
Sadly, my grandmother still occasionally calles me "Deener" which drives me fucking bananas, but when you're 90 and grew up in brooklyn we can forgive you for saying, "Deener, come to dinnah!"

[identity profile] lemur-catta.livejournal.com 2006-01-31 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)

My Dad's mother, Jewish ,from the Bronx and later, Queens, said 'terlet' for toilet and
'tweety boid' :)

[identity profile] albionwood.livejournal.com 2006-02-01 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
He was merely adhering to the Law of Conservation of R's.