OT - Pronunciation of words

Well as you all know there are many --ants , they walk in big groups mirjam

Flying Ants are Male ants you know ?? Or 1 queen ......:>:>:>

mirjam :>:>:>:>

wise lady:))

Wonderful:)

In message , Yarn Forward writes

Or Ely pronounced Eelie, Islay pronounced Eye-lah, and best of all Worcestershire pronounced Wusster.

What makes me laugh is English people complaining about Welsh place names being difficult to pronounce - OK, Welsh has different rules for example "y" makes an "i" sound, not a "yuh" sound, but once you know the rules it's perfectly regular, whereas English seems to be deliberately designed to make tourists feel stupid.

Sounds like Charles Dickens, who used to get paid by the word.

Kather> I have learned years ago , that many of those `curious ` spellings

I've heard "aluminium" pronounced several times by people fromm Britain.David

On Sat, 8 Oct 2005, it was written:

I spell it with the "u" too, Katherine... also coloUr as I said in a previous post. We were taught at some point in school that Americans spell these words without the "u" and either way is correct... but *with* the "u" is the Canadian spelling. :o)

Peace! Gemini

Where can I get a job like that? I tend to be very long-winded when it comes to writing/typing, and also talking... too bad I don't get paid by the word, I'd be filthy rich! LOL

Peace! Gemini

Oh, my, that's got my head spinning. Wonder if that was where the Abbott and Costello comedy team got the idea for the "Who's on First" comedy skit? ;-))

-- Carey in MA

Go back to 16th -17 th century , collect some feathers ,,,,, a good job mirjam

OMGosh, Carey! Now I've got what's on second, etc as an earworm! LOL Noreen

My uncle, Andy couldn't say aluminum or linoleum unless he WASN'T *thinking* about it... LOL Noreen (if you *asked* him to say either, and he had to think, then they came out aluminuminum and linoleuminum...)

LOL Actually, so do I... not because of trouble pronouncing it, but because it's just faster and easier. ;o)

Peace! Gemini

I have had a problem with the word "Dalmatian" since I was a very little girl, which often (I pronounce the "t" in often, by the way) seems to have an extra "n" in it after the "m", so it comes out like "Dalmnatian".... instead I say "The SPOTTED dogs!" ROTFL

By the way, I *can* say Dalmatian if I concentrate while saying it. ;o)

Peace! Gemini

Eggzackerly!

Katherine

I don't know, but if you find out, tell me!

Katherine