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luiysia · 2012-09-19 19:37:38

Actually it's called a schwa sound - ə.
Which, incidentally, is also the name of a fancy restaurant in Chicago (?) that I have heard has excellent pigeon egg ravioli and is near impossible to get a reservation in.

Wickimen · 2012-09-19 19:38:07

Schwa is like one of my favorite words
You have brownie points now

soupoftomato · 2012-09-19 19:39:51

sonicfan12p wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Those are american websites xD

And yes, I pronounce it: cons(you)merism.
I can attest to that, people do pronounce it like that. I've heard it on Top Gear, and other British shows, and apparently Australians do it too.

We stress R; they say "consYOOOOOUUUUUUmerism"

They always seem so awkward pronouncing the y into it.

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luiysia · 2012-09-19 19:41:53

You also pronounce direction daireckshun

veggieman001 · 2012-09-19 19:46:22

when it's obviously derrrehhhhckshun؟

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Wickimen · 2012-09-19 19:48:51

veggieman001 wrote:
when it's obviously derrrehhhhckshun؟

After reading the conversation on the MLP topic I am all too amused

veggieman001 · 2012-09-19 19:50:41

Well I felt like it was a particularly scathing remark so it needed some way to signify it was sarcastic wink

Wickimen · 2012-09-19 19:51:15

Okay wink

Firedrake969 · 2012-09-19 19:53:17

Nobody thinks that they themselves have an accent.

Wickimen · 2012-09-19 19:54:01

Firedrake969 wrote:
Nobody thinks that they themselves have an accent.

Not really
I think I have an accent
I just don't hear it

jji7skyline · 2012-09-19 20:00:01

A lot of vowel sounds are pronounced differently (but not neccesarily wrongly) by Americans.

veggieman001 · 2012-09-19 20:16:19

Our pronunciations are often more like what's actually written, IMO.

ProgrammingFreak · 2012-09-19 20:23:33

I don't actually think so. There are many words that I can't even explain the reason of the way it's pronounced.

CheeseMunchy · 2012-09-19 20:34:07

Now, now, don't start saying one is better than another.

veggieman001 · 2012-09-19 21:03:35

ProgrammingFreak wrote:
I don't actually think so. There are many words that I can't even explain the reason of the way it's pronounced.

As opposed to a British or Australian or other English accent? Exempli gratia, please.

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jji7skyline · 2012-09-19 22:03:58

CheeseMunchy wrote:
Now, now, don't start saying one is better than another.

Just what I was about to say tongue

veggieman001 · 2012-09-19 22:19:02

jji7skyline wrote:
CheeseMunchy wrote:
Now, now, don't start saying one is better than another.
Just what I was about to say

Who's doing that? Me??

jji7skyline · 2012-09-19 22:19:45

veggieman001 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
CheeseMunchy wrote:
Now, now, don't start saying one is better than another.
Just what I was about to say
Who's doing that? Me??

Just don't start tongue

veggieman001 · 2012-09-19 22:21:25

But I wasn't :'(
hey out of curiosity can you record yourself saying "R"??

jji7skyline · 2012-09-19 22:24:00

Just the letter R?

jukyter · 2012-09-20 02:08:22

jackrulez wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
soupoftomato wrote:
I'll record something later i suppose

@skyline: I do Australian accents sometimes, so I hope we're cool as a dingo riding a crocodile on the barbie, mate
Sure folks. Whaaateverr yer say. Man! Accents arrre cool.

Plus, as a saaide paaaoint, let's naawwt turrrn this in da nationalistic argerment da other tawwwpic became
What American accent are you even imitating? There's like 50 of them.

Only like 11 tongue
And most non-Americans need a trained ear to tell the difference between two of them tongue

slinger · 2012-09-20 12:27:59

I suppose it matters where you come from. I have heard Americans who have accents pretty close to mine. I've also heard people who are from the deep south (in America) who talk really slowly (kinda like skyline's example :p).
I'm a Canadian who hasn't met a large number of Americans though so I think it might be hard to say that this post holds a whole ton of truth.

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NeilWest · 2012-09-20 13:21:08

I'd be happy to do a British one for you but my god-forsaken microphone is being a shot to the knee.

jukyter · 2012-09-20 14:00:05

A British one? How is that possible!! :0

scimonster · 2012-09-20 14:51:31

jji7skyline wrote:
soupoftomato wrote:
I'll record something later i suppose

@skyline: I do Australian accents sometimes, so I hope we're cool as a dingo riding a crocodile on the barbie, mate
Sure folks. Whaaateverr yer say. Man! Accents arrre cool.

Plus, as a saaide paaaoint, let's naawwt turrrn this in da nationalistic argerment da other tawwwpic became

Americans don't actually sound like that. Right? hmm

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