A question of pronunciation

[chickenfeet]

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

[Poll #663848]

Comments

[dyddgu.livejournal.com]

I answer with reservations, as I say Med-i-Sin!

[helianthas.livejournal.com]

Some of my other favorites are "roof" or "ruhf", "creek" or "crick", and my old favorite, "Flahrida ahranges" or "Floorida ooranges"?

[helianthas.livejournal.com]

It would be interesting to do this survey with location associated with the answers, as well...

[nanila]

Slough

Depends on whether you're talking about the shedding of dead tissue or the place, innit.

[lemur-catta.livejournal.com]

I have the feeling I've never said 'subsidence' aloud. I've read it, obviously. I've said subsist,subsidy,subside.... I say sus-tin-ence, not sus-tayn-ence if that's indicative of anything.....

[gillo]

As my first thought was the town Betjeman summoned bombs onto, I rhymed "Slough" with "thou". But if you mean "to shed", it would be "sluff".

[a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com]

I also pronounce Slough all three ways -- Despond and the town are the same, the pond/ditch/bogs at home are slews, and exfoliation-related things are sluff. Most of my other pronunciations are US Murcan, though, and mostly coastal California. I would still have understood any of the pronunciations.

Some of my faves are Off-en Of-ten, Sa-mon Sall-mon, Los An-jel-es Los An-gle-ees (which is a clear indicator that an anglo person was raised in LA in the first half of the last century), spe-shul-ty spe-see-AL-i-ty ...