re. "schedule" - most Americans of my acquaintance (west coast or upper midwest/Chicago area) pronounce it "skedjul," with two syllables, though I've also heard (don't know where) "sked-u-ole" or "sked-ju-ole" with three syllables.
Another interesting pronunciation difference I've run across: "height." Most people I know pronounce it "hite" but an exboyfriend and several of his peers from the western Sierra Nevada mountains in central CA pronounce it "heith."
A third: "often." I pronounce it "offen," a la my parents (born on the east coast; mom raised in souther CA by midwestern parents, father raised on the east coast and eventually raising me in southern CA via rural Ohio.) My half-siblings by my father's first marriage (in rural Ohio) pronounce it "of-ten," as does the ex from the CA mountains. Perhaps the 't' is a rural signifier, or a U/non-U sort of symbol?
Oh, some Americans pronounce tomato "tuh-may-toe" rather than "toe-may-toe" or "tom-ay-toe."
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Date: 2006-02-01 03:16 pm (UTC)Another interesting pronunciation difference I've run across: "height." Most people I know pronounce it "hite" but an exboyfriend and several of his peers from the western Sierra Nevada mountains in central CA pronounce it "heith."
A third: "often." I pronounce it "offen," a la my parents (born on the east coast; mom raised in souther CA by midwestern parents, father raised on the east coast and eventually raising me in southern CA via rural Ohio.) My half-siblings by my father's first marriage (in rural Ohio) pronounce it "of-ten," as does the ex from the CA mountains. Perhaps the 't' is a rural signifier, or a U/non-U sort of symbol?
Oh, some Americans pronounce tomato "tuh-may-toe" rather than "toe-may-toe" or "tom-ay-toe."
This is fun!