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View Poll Results: Hey. Did you just grab my ass? | |||
Yes... | 30 | 34.48% | |
From where I'm standing that is a physical impossibility | 26 | 29.89% | |
Sh...Should I? | 31 | 35.63% | |
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11-06-2010, 04:49 PM | #6621 (permalink) |
Partying on the inside
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Just a random annoyance... Figure I'll put it here..
Why do some American people pronounce robot as "RowBut"? (underlined part is said with the syllable emphasis) Not only does it sound ridiculous, but nowhere in the American pronunciation of English does O make a U sound, that I'm aware of. And it's not a matter of accent, as the people I hear doing it either have otherwise mild accents, or are flat altogether, or none of their other O's make a U sound. Just something I noticed that annoys me mostly for the fact that I can't seem to figure out any other explanation for it than "they just learned it that way". Then again, maybe I just learned to say "RowBot" and robots are really pronounced as rowbuts. Doesn't really matter I suppose.. Just one of those things that make me wonder. Maybe someone here can help clear it up for me. |
11-06-2010, 05:19 PM | #6627 (permalink) | |
Mate, Spawn & Die
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11-06-2010, 05:30 PM | #6628 (permalink) | |
Partying on the inside
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Still unconvinced.
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Maybe that's the issue... lack of emphasis on the second syllable truncates the vowel sound? |
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11-06-2010, 05:37 PM | #6629 (permalink) |
Music Addict
Join Date: Sep 2010
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It probably has something to do with diphthongs. People not only speak words differently according to location, but hear them differently as well. For example, in some areas of the United States, the words "writer" and "rider" sound identical when spoken. Americans who speak with raising hear differences in those two words. Or, more famously, Canadians saying "aboat" rather than "about".
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11-06-2010, 07:38 PM | #6630 (permalink) | |
Melancholia Eternally
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: England
Posts: 5,018
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However, you still missed it. So setting them off tonight is no different than setting them off on any given night of the year, yet that doesnt happen. |
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