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| 1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4288 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan | Message 9 of 9 21 October 2013 at 11:36pm | IP Logged |
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They all vary, even travelling 50 km between towns. But "sir" to me is just an "s"
followed by a schwa. In the North-East, "time" might sound more like a long e like "team" rather than the long i. In South Africa, from what I hear on television (usually cricket), is that "king" might sound like a long e like "keeng" (or in Dutch alphabet, "kieng"), so almost all the pronunciations vary by country and regions within country. Edited by 1e4e6 on 21 October 2013 at 11:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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