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ImagineIt · 2012-09-23 07:55:11

I definitely do not say you instead of oo...

jji7skyline · 2012-09-23 07:57:04

jackrulez wrote:
CheeseMunchy wrote:
Wickimen wrote:

Mm, no.
Fine
American with the inability to use the letter 'y' in words.
I say "you", but I also say "con-SOO-mer-ism". It's just a matter of sounding better. And yes, I do pronounce "better" "bedder".

Pretty much everyone says you as you, but it's other words that they say 'oo' another example could be the word introduce.

Alternatives · 2012-09-23 08:47:44

jji7skyline wrote:
Alternatives wrote:
i don't have an accent by the way. i'm originally english.
this is how things sound when they're pronounced properly i think
Don't say that! You'll cause an argument! :P

well we made the language didn't we >:I

jukyter · 2012-09-23 09:15:39

Well no
English is a butchered mess of German, Latin, French and Norse (I think those are the only languages)
Also our accent evolved-the American one is supposedly pretty close to what would've been spoken in Shakespearean times

maxskywalker · 2012-09-23 09:30:31

Alternatives wrote:
i don't have an accent by the way. i'm originally english.
this is how things sound when they're pronounced properly i think

Native accent = no accent in speaker's mind. Nobody thinks they have an accent. BTW, because different areas of America have such different accent, it's a fairly common thing to fake accents from southern states. English is a weird conglomeration of pretty much every modern language, so there's no global correct pronunciation. That's why English and American spellings are different: people decided in America that English had no real base, so they gave it a set of spelling rules.

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scimonster · 2012-09-23 11:31:09

jackrulez wrote:
CheeseMunchy wrote:
Wickimen wrote:

Mm, no.
Fine
American with the inability to use the letter 'y' in words.
I say "you", but I also say "con-SOO-mer-ism". It's just a matter of sounding better. And yes, I do pronounce "better" "bedder".

Exactly the same.

jji7skyline wrote:
jackrulez wrote:
CheeseMunchy wrote:
Fine
American with the inability to use the letter 'y' in words.
I say "you", but I also say "con-SOO-mer-ism". It's just a matter of sounding better. And yes, I do pronounce "better" "bedder".
Pretty much everyone says you as you, but it's other words that they say 'oo' another example could be the word introduce.

Since when is "introduce" supposed to have a "you" sound?

Laternenpfahl · 2012-09-23 12:09:39

scimonster wrote:
jackrulez wrote:
CheeseMunchy wrote:
Wickimen wrote:
Mm, no.
Fine
American with the inability to use the letter 'y' in words.
I say "you", but I also say "con-SOO-mer-ism". It's just a matter of sounding better. And yes, I do pronounce "better" "bedder".
Exactly the same.

jji7skyline wrote:
jackrulez wrote:

I say "you", but I also say "con-SOO-mer-ism". It's just a matter of sounding better. And yes, I do pronounce "better" "bedder".
Pretty much everyone says you as you, but it's other words that they say 'oo' another example could be the word introduce.
Since when is "introduce" supposed to have a "you" sound?

in-tro-dyouce

idk

jukyter · 2012-09-23 12:44:06

Laternenpfahl wrote:
scimonster wrote:
jackrulez wrote:
CheeseMunchy wrote:
Wickimen wrote:
Mm, no.
Fine
American with the inability to use the letter 'y' in words.
I say "you", but I also say "con-SOO-mer-ism". It's just a matter of sounding better. And yes, I do pronounce "better" "bedder".
Exactly the same.

jji7skyline wrote:

Pretty much everyone says you as you, but it's other words that they say 'oo' another example could be the word introduce.
Since when is "introduce" supposed to have a "you" sound?
in-tro-dyouce

idk

in-trod-you-ss
is how I say it

poopo · 2012-09-23 18:07:10

I can do many accents none of them very well:
Australian
Indian
British(thanks Top Gear)
American(of course)
Asian
Russian
And some more probably.

luiysia · 2012-09-23 18:17:31

poopo wrote:
I can do many accents none of them very well:
Australian
Indian
British(thanks Top Gear)
American(of course)
Asian
Russian
And some more probably.

There's not really an Asian accent since it's so big and speaks a bunch of different languages.

jukyter · 2012-09-23 18:27:30

poopo wrote:
I can do many accents none of them very well:
Australian
Indian
British(thanks Top Gear)
American(of course)
Asian
Russian
And some more probably.

Yay for saying a continent has an accent
You see the Chinese and Indian accents are very different
And which British one??

shamrocker · 2012-09-23 18:55:32

Oh hallo.

Well, the thing is, we don't really have one accent. Their's Eastern, Southern, Western/Midwestern, and a few others. Then there is "Standard English," with the least differentiation from the proper pronunciation of things. I could record some of this for you, as this is what I speak.

jji7skyline · 2012-09-23 19:24:19

scimonster wrote:
jackrulez wrote:
CheeseMunchy wrote:
Wickimen wrote:
Mm, no.
Fine
American with the inability to use the letter 'y' in words.
I say "you", but I also say "con-SOO-mer-ism". It's just a matter of sounding better. And yes, I do pronounce "better" "bedder".
Exactly the same.

jji7skyline wrote:
jackrulez wrote:

I say "you", but I also say "con-SOO-mer-ism". It's just a matter of sounding better. And yes, I do pronounce "better" "bedder".
Pretty much everyone says you as you, but it's other words that they say 'oo' another example could be the word introduce.
Since when is "introduce" supposed to have a "you" sound?

That's how all the Australians I know say it, as well as the british people I know.

Americans say it the other way, indrad'oo'ce though.

poopo · 2012-09-23 19:37:03

jukyter wrote:
poopo wrote:
I can do many accents none of them very well:
Australian
Indian
British(thanks Top Gear)
American(of course)
Asian
Russian
And some more probably.
Yay for saying a continent has an accent
You see the Chinese and Indian accents are very different
And which British one??

Not that different, they are kind of the same base.
I have no idea where my brit accent is from. XD
I do a really good imitation of the Doc Martin secretary as well.

jji7skyline · 2012-09-23 19:43:21

British accent = Jeremy wears a hat — James wears a hat — and Richard DRAWS A WALL?

British accent = Stupid Stupid Car!!!

British accent = POWERSLIDEPOWERSLIDEPOWERSLIDEPOWERSLIDE

BRITISH ACCENT = this.

I don't think Top Gear is doing anything for the overall image of the British Isles XD

Cozyhut3 · 2012-09-23 19:46:57

jji7skyline wrote:
Let me add a bit onto my American accent identification guide:

This one is used by pretty much all Americans no matter which part they come from...

They pronounced the 'you' U sound as 'oo' in many words, for example, consumerism becomes consoomerism.

Listening to your podcast thing, Wicki, reminded me xD

Ahh. So you're British? How do they pronounce it there?

jji7skyline · 2012-09-23 19:50:27

Cozyhut3 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Let me add a bit onto my American accent identification guide:

This one is used by pretty much all Americans no matter which part they come from...

They pronounced the 'you' U sound as 'oo' in many words, for example, consumerism becomes consoomerism.

Listening to your podcast thing, Wicki, reminded me xD
Ahh. So you're British? How do they pronounce it there?

Australian actually, but it's quite similar in many ways.

Cons(you)merism

Introd(you)ce

jukyter · 2012-09-24 00:04:35

poopo wrote:
jukyter wrote:
poopo wrote:
I can do many accents none of them very well:
Australian
Indian
British(thanks Top Gear)
American(of course)
Asian
Russian
And some more probably.
Yay for saying a continent has an accent
You see the Chinese and Indian accents are very different
And which British one??
Not that different, they are kind of the same base.
I have no idea where my brit accent is from. XD
I do a really good imitation of the Doc Martin secretary as well.

Uh so I think the Top Gear guys are cockney
I'm not sure-cockney's slightly more musical and I don't watch it anyway

jji7skyline · 2012-09-24 00:07:23

jji7skyline wrote:
British accent = Jeremy wears a hat — James wears a hat — and Richard DRAWS A WALL?

British accent = Stupid Stupid Car!!!

British accent = POWERSLIDEPOWERSLIDEPOWERSLIDEPOWERSLIDE

BRITISH ACCENT = this.

I don't think Top Gear is doing anything for the overall image of the British Isles XD

It's not cockney.

CheeseMunchy · 2012-09-24 00:43:58

jji7skyline wrote:
scimonster wrote:
jackrulez wrote:
CheeseMunchy wrote:
Wickimen wrote:
Mm, no.
Fine
American with the inability to use the letter 'y' in words.
I say "you", but I also say "con-SOO-mer-ism". It's just a matter of sounding better. And yes, I do pronounce "better" "bedder".
Exactly the same.

jji7skyline wrote:

Pretty much everyone says you as you, but it's other words that they say 'oo' another example could be the word introduce.
Since when is "introduce" supposed to have a "you" sound?
That's how all the Australians I know say it, as well as the british people I know.

Americans say it the other way, indrad'oo'ce though.

I say it, "introdooce".

jji7skyline · 2012-09-24 01:11:13

Yea, that's the american way.

CheeseMunchy · 2012-09-24 01:13:09

jji7skyline wrote:
Americans say it the other way, indrad'oo'ce though.

jji7skyline · 2012-09-24 01:16:14

CheeseMunchy wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Americans say it the other way, indrad'oo'ce though.

I meant that's how Americans say it.

CheeseMunchy · 2012-09-24 01:22:49

jji7skyline wrote:
CheeseMunchy wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Americans say it the other way, indrad'oo'ce though.
I meant that's how Americans say it.

^

Last edited by CheeseMunchy (2012-09-24 01:23:44)

jji7skyline · 2012-09-24 01:25:01

Record yourself saying introduce.

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