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Words/sounds you knowingly mispronouce
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Amyl
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Message 9 of 13

04 July 2009 at 9:39pm | IP Logged

"I don't know" usually becomes something like "ah oh oh", but that's probably just laziness.
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ofdw
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Message 10 of 13

04 July 2009 at 11:52pm | IP Logged

egill wrote:

To my knowledge, most dialects of American English have merged the two sounds (i.e. [ʍ],[w]->[w]) If that's what you are talking about, then you're certainly in good company. Anecdotally, I know almost no native speakers of English where I live that preserve that distinction.

As for the moun'ain for mountain example, the glottal stop as an allophone for /t/ in certain environments (syllable finally?) is, as far as I know, present in almost all dialects of English. I definitely do this one too, perhaps a bit too much...

I do the schwa elision in 'interesting' too. It seems to be common enough that dictionaries give it as an alternative pronunciation. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=interesting.

My own speech quirks could take up pages, so I'll spare y'all.

I find the Scots preserve the distinction between eg "wail" and "whale" very clearly. My Scottish wife recently complained about a news item on the "wailing" ban in Japan...

My mother (born 1929) also warned me against confounding those two sounds, but I must admit I don't do it automatically!

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Tyr
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Message 11 of 13

05 July 2009 at 12:41am | IP Logged

I mispronounce nothing apart from occasional W/R muddles.
Northern dialects are just as valid as 'standard English'.
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oz-hestekræfte
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Message 12 of 13

05 July 2009 at 4:01am | IP Logged

I say probably as probly.
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chloem14
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Message 13 of 13

05 July 2009 at 2:04pm | IP Logged

oz-hestekræfte wrote:

I say probably as probly.

Most people I know seem to do this too, myself included - I also find myself saying particuly instead of particularly, just because the latter is a bit of a mouthful.
My other big mispronunciation is saying "cuz" a lot instead of because, particularly when I'm speaking fast.

Edited by chloem14 on 05 July 2009 at 2:11pm

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