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I've heard many people pronounce these words differently, but how do YOU pronounce them?


Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)
Our
Stupid
Marry
Pen, pin, pan
Route
What
Pasta
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv

Add any others you've heard pronounced differently than how you do

Wernt.
Arnt.
Owr.
STOO-ped.
MARE-ee.
Uh... the way they're spelled? They all sound different.
Rowt or root. I use them both.
Wut.
PAH-stuh.
Those are all silent consonants in my dialect.

How the hell can you pronounce weren't as two syllables?

Wernt, arnt, ow-er, stew-pid, mah-ray, pehn, pihn, pahn, root, wawt, pahs-ta.

How the hell can you pronounce weren't as two syllables?

Wernt, arnt, ow-er, stew-pid, mah-ray, pehn, pihn, pahn, root, wawt, pahs-ta.

I don't know, but I was listening to a song and I heard it as two syllables so it rhymes with deterrent.

I don't know, but I was listening to a song and I heard it as two syllables so it rhymes with deterrent.

Wher-ent?

Wher-ent?

Yeah. Here's another example I found.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj5PZvA-dYM

Skip to 7:57.

How the hell can you pronounce weren't as two syllables?

I've heard pronounced as two syllables... it was horrible...

Route Depends on whether I am talking about a road name or a proposed plan of travel.

I've heard many people pronounce these words differently, but how do YOU pronounce them?


Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)
Our
Stupid
Marry
Pen, pin, pan
Route
What
Pasta
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv

Add any others you've heard pronounced differently than how you do
Wernt & arnt. Here you'll be understood if you say werent or arent.
Stu-pid
Merry
Pen, pin, pan.
Root, somtimes rawt
What
Pasta

Those are all silent consonants in my dialect.

Wow, so you actually just use the vowels? That'll make you hard to understand! :tongue:

Wer uh nt & ar uh nt
Ou r (no ower)
Styupid
Mah ri (i as in "eagle")
Pen, pin, pan
Root
Wot
Pasta

Add any others you've heard pronounced differently than how you do

H. "age", but I lately heard "hage".

Wernt, arent - one syllable
Aah
Stoo-pid
Mah-ree
Pehn, pin, pahn
Root
Wot
Pah-sta

Is it possible to pronounce pin in any other way?

Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)
Our
Stupid
Marry
Pen, pin, pan
Route
What
Pasta


Wern' (I drop the Ts at the end of words)
Arn'
Are.
Schoopid.
Um, how it's written? Marry?
Again, how they're written.
If we're talking about bus routes, then I say it like root, but if you mean "I will route the army" then rowt.
Wo'
Passta.

If we're talking about bus routes, then I say it like root, but if you mean "I will route the army" then rowt.

That would be 'rout', though.

Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)

How the hell can you pronounce weren't as two syllables?

I've heard pronounced as two syllables... it was horrible...

I think I always pronounce them as two syllables. << Not two very distinct syllables but not just one syllable, either.

I don't pronounce the two syllables anywhere as clearly separated as in the song linked above, but it didn't seem odd to me to hear it. And I think I'd always count "weren't" and "aren't" as two syllables when going through a poem counting the meter. Never actually as "wernt" or "arnt" - more like "WER-uhnt" or "AHR-uhnt" (yay bad made up phonetics).

Of course, I'm not a native speaker - but my pronunciation of "weren't" and "aren't" have, for once, never actually made anyone point out their wrongness. So maybe this is just a question of different definitions of what constitutes one or two syllables here?

I think I always pronounce them as two syllables. << Not two very distinct syllables but not just one syllable, either.

I don't pronounce the two syllables anywhere as clearly separated as in the song linked above, but it didn't seem odd to me to hear it. And I think I'd always count "weren't" and "aren't" as two syllables when going through a poem counting the meter. Never actually as "wernt" or "arnt" - more like "WER-uhnt" or "AHR-uhnt" (yay bad made up phonetics).

Of course, I'm not a native speaker - but my pronunciation of "weren't" and "aren't" have, for once, never actually made anyone point out their wrongness. So maybe this is just a question of different definitions of what constitutes one or two syllables here?

I would say the bit you've labelled uhnt is actually just a closed-mouth 'n' sound followed by 't'. I wouldn't class it as a separate syllable. If you applied the same as you have to something like 'and' you could come out with 2 syllables as well.

this is hard to figure out. as far as i'm concerned, i say them as they're spelled :D

Weren't & aren't - wErnt, Arnt, one syllable
Our - Awr
Stupid - stoopId
Marry - mArry
Pen, pin, pan - err... pEn, pIn, pAn
Route - root
What - woT
Pasta - pAssta
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv - no more python for you

Weren't - Wernt
aren't - Arnt
Our - awEr
Stupid - stu-peed
Marry - mAr-ee
Pen, pin, pan - pEn, pIn, pAn
Route - root
What- WhAt
Pasta- pA-stA
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv - Lolwut?

I would say the bit you've labelled uhnt is actually just a closed-mouth 'n' sound followed by 't'. I wouldn't class it as a separate syllable. If you applied the same as you have to something like 'and' you could come out with 2 syllables as well.
I had to do a sound clip, I suck at trying to describe phonetics in writing.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/59166560f17c1f56/

my michigander friends pronounce MIRROR as one sylable. it sounds like mere.

I had to do a sound clip, I suck at trying to describe phonetics in writing.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/59166560f17c1f56/

That was cute. :p

I know what you mean and it's partly an American vs. British thing. You have more of an American accent than I remembered. The way I see it is as a contraction of 'were not' and removing the syllable from 'not'; the 'uh' as you described comes from the acts of closing the mouth for the 'n' but is not a separate syllable.

But really, I'm not bothered as long as it's understandable, and the distinction is probably only apparent to a few.

my michigander friends pronounce MIRROR as one sylable. it sounds like mere.

An Irish friend of mine comes out with 'tawl' often ('towel').

Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?) - Single Syllable
Our - Most people around here say 'are'
Stupid - stoo-pid
Marry - merry
Pen, pin, pan - pen, pin, pan
Route - roote
What - Whut
Pasta - pah-stuh
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv - Ni!

Some other ones around here

Wash - Warsh
Gosh - Gorsh (like Goofy)
Most people around here seem to drop the letter T at the end of a word and replace it with a D but replace D with T in the middle of a word. I am often told I have a non-accent, I don't use the same speech and pronunciation as most people around here.

my michigander friends pronounce MIRROR as one sylable. it sounds like mere.

Oh yeah... lots of people around here say MERE too; it annoys me!

Wern' (I drop the Ts at the end of words)
Arn'
Are.
Schoopid.
Um, how it's written? Marry?
Again, how they're written.
If we're talking about bus routes, then I say it like root, but if you mean "I will route the army" then rowt.
Wo'
Passta.

He, he, you speak funny.

Weren't & aren't - One syllable
Our - Ow-er. Two syllables, as making it only one sounds too much like Pittsburghese.
Stupid - Stoop-id
Marry - Mare-ree. Identically to 'Mary' and 'merry'
Pen, pin, pan - How they're spelled.
Route - Root, though rowt is fine too.
What - Wutt
Pasta - Pahs-ta

Our - Ow-er. Two syllables, as making it only one sounds too much like Pittsburghese.
S

Hehe... Pittsburghese is fun though, I could create a whol thread about that. I think most of NSG would get a kick out of Allegheny Whitefish, and a few others.

Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)
It is pronounced exactly the way it is spelled: "Were not."
Contractions are an invention of indolent youths.
Our
My.
Route
Root. Like a tree has.
What
W-ot, w-AT, or w-ah-t. Depending on the context.
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv
This should be pronounced: "Trite Monty Python Reference."

I've heard many people pronounce these words differently, but how do YOU pronounce them?
Weren't & aren't - As one syllable
Our - "Are"
Stupid "Stew-pid"
Marry "Marry"
Pen, pin, pan "Pen, Pin and Pan"
Route "Root"
What "Wot"
Pasta - Like Rasta with a P.
Add any others you've heard pronounced differently than how you do
I say "grarse" instead of a harsh "grass", see also larf instead of laff etc.

Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?) = wernt, arnt
Our - ow - Australians don't pronounce the "r" at the end of words.
Stupid - styupid
Marry - marry - how else is it pronounced?
Pen - somewhere between pen and pan - a distinctive "Malburnian" pronunciation - one of the few regional Oz variations.
pin - pin, thought I suspect to foreign ears it's veering towards the NZ pun
pan - pæn, ie not parn
Route - root
What - wot
Pasta - parsta

Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?) One Syllable
Our Are
Stupid Stew-pid
Marry Mare-e
Pen, pin, pan Pen, pin, pan
Route Root, sometimes r-out
What Whut
Pasta Past-A
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv Ni!

With 'marry' I've heard people pronounce merry and marry different ways.

Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?) - one


Our - sounds like "oww-er"

Stupid - stoopid

Marry - mare(like the horse) E (long e)

Pen, pin, pan - pen and pin sound the same unless I enunciate to make a point, pan sounds like pan (p sound, short a, n sound)

Route -root

What - whut

Pasta- paw-STA

my michigander friends pronounce MIRROR as one sylable. it sounds like mere.

My neighbor says "mirrow" whereas I say "meerOR" she says I'm wrong.

my michigander friends pronounce MIRROR as one sylable. it sounds like mere.

Reminds me of Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now saying, "The whore, the whore."

My neighbor says "mirrow" whereas I say "meerOR" she says I'm wrong.

Mirra, like most other Australians.

I've heard many people pronounce these words differently, but how do YOU pronounce them?


Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)
Our
Stupid
Marry
Pen, pin, pan
Route
What
Pasta
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv

Add any others you've heard pronounced differently than how you do

wer nt
r nt -> Long R sound
stoopid
mary
pen,pin,pan, short e,i,a
rout -> never root. It is router, not rooter. Unless in is roto-rooter
what -> this one varies for me. It could come by wat or what
Pasta-> Pass ta

Once and for all.

You can root for the other team. The thing underneath the tree is a root. The course you are going to take to work is a rout. Those big things that allow you to connect to the Internet a routers. It is a paper route not a paper root. In the computer industry is you say I need to look at your rooter they will look at you like you have 3 heads. That is why they have different spellings.

Once and for all.

You can root for the other team. The thing underneath the tree is a root. The course you are going to take to work is a rout. Those big things that allow you to connect to the Internet a routers. It is a paper route not a paper root. In the computer industry is you say I need to look at your rooter they will look at you like you have 3 heads. That is why they have different spellings.

You just stay in New York. You'll be safe there with your funny dialect. ;)

Once and for all.

You can root for the other team. The thing underneath the tree is a root. The course you are going to take to work is a rout [sic]. Those big things that allow you to connect to the Internet a routers. It is a paper route not a paper root. In the computer industry is you say I need to look at your rooter they will look at you like you have 3 heads. That is why they have different spellings.

Your spelling/pronunciation logic will never prevail, my friend. I have foreseen it. Especially if you make spelling mistakes in your own proof.

I've heard many people pronounce these words differently, but how do YOU pronounce them?


Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)
Our
Stupid
Marry
Pen, pin, pan
Route
What
Pasta
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv

Add any others you've heard pronounced differently than how you do

Wernt/arnt
Depends on how formal a setting I'm in. If I'm talking casually and quickly, it's virtually indistinguishable from "are," but if I'm taking care with enunciation, the "ow" sound is more clear.
Stoo-pid
Marry = Mary = merry. They all sound the same around here. :p
Pehn, pihn, pan. Again, if speaking quickly, "pin" and "pen" slur towards sounding almost alike.
Honestly depends on where the route is. Midwestern routes, like the one I live on when I was a small child, are rowts. New England routes are roots.
Wut.
Pahsta.
Ni.

Wernt Arnt
Owers
Stewpid
Ma - ree
Pen rhymes with hen
pin rhymes with fin
pan rhymes with can
Root
What - wat, only hhhwat if I'm speaking to someone really posh
Pasta - pa - sta

In the computer industry is you say I need to look at your rooter they will look at you like you have 3 heads.

Not in England.

A router pronounced rooter is a piece of IT hardware, a router pronounced rowter is a woodworking tool.

A router pronounced rooter is a piece of IT hardware, a router pronounced rowter is a woodworking tool.

Nah, router is pronounced rowter.

Nah, router is pronounced rowter.
Maybe in Kent, land of peasants and the French nobility.

You just stay in New York. You'll be safe there with your funny dialect. ;)

See this is why we had to leave. I am taking my funny language and I going to America. So there.

Nah, router is pronounced rowter.

Seconded! Listen to the Home Depot commercials. Black & Decker Rowter.

There is no rooter, there is a Reuters (roy ters) but that is for investing.

whir-int / ahr-int
ow-er
stew-pid
mah-ray
pehn / pihn / pahn
rhoot
waht
pass-tah


Marry = Mary = merry. They all sound the same around here. :p
Crazy-ass Yanks. :P

mah-ray, may-ray, meh-ray.


For giggles, how does everyone pronounce: 'Edinburgh'?

For giggles, how does everyone pronounce: 'Edinburgh'?

Even better, how does everyone pronounce "Worcestershire"?

For giggles, how does everyone pronounce: 'Edinburgh'?
Eddinborough
Even better, how does everyone pronounce "Worcestershire"?
Wuss-ter-shur

Or, in polite company, "the one next to Gloucestershire?"

Even better, how does everyone pronounce "Worcestershire"?
whooss-tish-er

(eh-din-bruh)

For giggles, how does everyone pronounce: 'Edinburgh'?

I know it's wrong, ed-in-burr-a

Even better, how does everyone pronounce "Worcestershire"?

Wore-sha-stere

I know it's wrong, ed-in-burr-a
At least it's not Ed-in-burg :D

I know it's wrong, ed-in-burr-a
Makes more sense than my pronunciation, and I grew up near the damn place.


At least it's not Ed-in-burg :D
Or ed-in-boh-roh.

whir-int / ahr-int
ow-er
stew-pid
mah-ray
pehn / pihn / pahn
rhoot
waht
pass-tah



Crazy-ass Yanks. :P

mah-ray, may-ray, meh-ray.


For giggles, how does everyone pronounce: 'Edinburgh'?

Your Glaswegian accent is different from mine, apparently. Which part are you from?

I pronounce Edinburgh as "Edin-burra".

I've heard many people pronounce these words differently, but how do YOU pronounce them?


Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)
Our
Stupid
Marry
Pen, pin, pan
Route
What
Pasta

Add any others you've heard pronounced differently than how you do

"-" = full syllable
":" = smear syllable or diphthong
"æ" = a as in "cat"
"ə" = schwa, as the o in "atom"
"ʊ" = the oo in "took"
"ɛ" = the e in "bed"
"I" = the i in "win"
"u" = the oo in "boot"
"a" = the a in "ah"


WʊR-ənt
a:ər
stu-pəd
Mæ-ri
pɛn, pIn, pæn
rut (when route is a noun)
ra:ut (when route is a verb)
pa-stə

IPA, a side benefit of being a choir director.

For giggles, how does everyone pronounce: 'Edinburgh'?

ɛ-dⁿ-brə

"ʊ" = the oo in "took"
...

But is that took pronounced in the normal way or as it is pronounced by people from Manchester where it is more like tewk

But is that took pronounced in the normal way or as it is pronounced by people from Manchester where it is more like tewk

Check location -- were I to include an IPA guide for every possible language and dialect, I'd be typing for weeks.

Now, were I Henry Higgins and getting patronage to perform such a task, I'd be happy to do it.

mah-ray, may-ray, meh-ray.

Mare-e, Mare-ey, mur-e

For giggles, how does everyone pronounce: 'Edinburgh'?
Ed-in-bur-oh.
Even better, how does everyone pronounce "Worcestershire"?
War-sest-shy-er.

Ed-in-brurr

Wus-ter-sheer

Anyone care for a scone?

Check location -- were I to include an IPA guide for every possible language and dialect, I'd be typing for weeks.

Now, were I Henry Higgins and getting patronage to perform such a task, I'd be happy to do it.

But then how do I know how you are pronouncing things if I need to know how you are pronouncing things to understand?

But then how do I know how you are pronouncing things if I need to know how you are pronouncing things to understand?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_for_English is useful.

Your Glaswegian accent is different from mine, apparently. Which part are you from?

I pronounce Edinburgh as "Edin-burra".
I'm not from Glasgow originally, I'm from the east coast.

I've a middle-class Lothian accent.

I'm not from Glasgow originally, I'm from the east coast.

I've a middle-class Lothian accent.

Ah. I have a middle-class (?) Glaswegian accent, though apparently it's morphed somewhat since I moved east.

Ah. I have a middle-class (?) Glaswegian accent, though apparently it's morphed somewhat since I moved east.
I'm the same since I moved through west.

Also, I know a lot of Aberdonians, so I occasionally come out with, 'fit ye doing?', and similar.

whir-int / ahr-int
ow-er
stew-pid
mah-ray
pehn / pihn / pahn
rhoot
waht
pass-tah



Crazy-ass Yanks. :P

mah-ray, may-ray, meh-ray.
http://generalitemafia.ipbfree.com/uploads/ipbfree.com/generalitemafia/emo-wub22.gif
I keep forgetting that you're Scottish, location bar notwithstanding. Someone should make a new voice thread and all the Scots and Oirish and Englishers should post. *nod*

Do Scottish people pronounce Scottish like Scoooooooooorttish? Do posh brits pronounce Scottish like Scote-ish?

I've heard many people pronounce these words differently, but how do YOU pronounce them?


Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)
Our
Stupid
Marry
Pen, pin, pan
Route
What
Pasta
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv

Add any others you've heard pronounced differently than how you do

wernt
R
stew ped
mare-e (rymes with fairy)
pin (rhmes with fin)
pin
pan(rymes with fan)
root and sometimes I say route (rhymes with out)
wat
pa sta

wernt
R
stew ped
mare-e (rymes with fairy)
pin (rhmes with fin)
pin
pan(rymes with fan)
root and sometimes I say route (rhymes with out)
wat
pa sta

^^^This, only I almost always say route (rhymes with out)

the real question is, how do you pronounce "Biloxi", "D'Iberville", and "Beau Rivage"...

cause, I get people all the time who just cant seem to do it, and it just bothers the crap outta me...

I keep forgetting that you're Scottish, location bar notwithstanding. Someone should make a new voice thread and all the Scots and Oirish and Englishers should post. *nod*
Well, I wouldn't pass up on the chance to play on the fact that we can turn foreign folks on simply by pronouncing words. :P

Screw American Express, having a Scots accent is the true international currency.

Do Scottish people pronounce Scottish like Scoooooooooorttish? Do posh brits pronounce Scottish like Scote-ish?

No.

But then how do I know how you are pronouncing things if I need to know how you are pronouncing things to understand?

That made no sense.

I heard someone say "literally" differently than I do today, creeped me out.

I say litter-ah-lee and they said litterly......but they say everything else like I do (as far as I've noticed).

Weren't & aren't - As one syllable
Our - "Are"
Stupid "Stew-pid"
Marry "Marry"
Pen, pin, pan "Pen, Pin and Pan"
Route "Root"
What "Wot"
Pasta - Like Rasta with a P.

I say "grarse" instead of a harsh "grass", see also larf instead of laff etc.

haha, one of my professors does this, adding "r's" where they don't belong, its kinda cute. (shes from the UK somewhere)

I heard someone say "literally" differently than I do today, creeped me out.

I say litter-ah-lee and they said litterly......but they say everything else like I do (as far as I've noticed).

Interesting. I pronounce it as "lih-trilly".

Maybe in Kent, land of peasants and the French nobility.
French nobility? Peasants? WTF?


For giggles, how does everyone pronounce: 'Edinburgh'?
Ed-in-bah-ra
Even better, how does everyone pronounce "Worcestershire"?
Wosta-sheer.
Well, I wouldn't pass up on the chance to play on the fact that we can turn foreign folks on simply by pronouncing words. :P

Screw American Express, having a Scots accent is the true international currency.
It's true, I love the Scottish accent, it's crazy.
Do Scottish people pronounce Scottish like Scoooooooooorttish? Do posh brits pronounce Scottish like Scote-ish?
No siree.

That made no sense.

I have no idea how you pronounce took in Spokane, so saying you pronounce some word using a sound like the o in took is of no use as it is entirely self referential. Britain is tiny compared to the US but I can think of at least three different pronounciations of took because of regional accents.

Weren't & aren't -Wurnt, arnt
Our- either like "hour" of "are" depending on what context.
Stupid- steww-pid.
Marry- ma-ree.
Pen, pin, pan- Pehn, pihn, pahn.
Route, like what a tree's got.
What,- wot.
Pasta Pas-ta.

How do you say "been"? Because around here people say it "bin", leading me to believ for years that it was spelt "bin".

For giggles, how does everyone pronounce: 'Edinburgh'?

"Glasgow East".

I have no idea how you pronounce took in Spokane, so saying you pronounce some word using a sound like the o in took is of no use as it is entirely self referential. Britain is tiny compared to the US but I can think of at least three different pronounciations of took because of regional accents.

Which was my point. I referenced US English as it's spoken in my region. If you can't be arsed to figure out what I mean from the actual IPA symbols I used in my post, that's your own lookout.

Which was my point. I referenced US English as it's spoken in my region. If you can't be arsed to figure out what I mean from the actual IPA symbols I used in my post, that's your own lookout.

It is not that I can't be arsed, I just don't know what someone from Spokane speaks like. To me the whole IPA system is a little like defining a yard as three feet and a foot as a third of a yard. Are you saying that all people from the US pronounce things in the same way - so I should just pick an American I am familiar with like Lloyd Grossman or Madonna or Sylvester Stallone and the IPA system would work? Surely what is needed is a set of sound files that universally define each sound, rather than assume all of the US or all of the UK pronounce the examplar in the same way.

It is not that I can't be arsed, I just don't know what someone from Spokane speaks like. To me the whole IPA system is a little like defining a yard as three feet and a foot as a third of a yard. Are you saying that all people from the US pronounce things in the same way - so I should just pick an American I am familiar with like Lloyd Grossman or Madonna or Sylvester Stallone and the IPA system would work? Surely what is needed is a set of sound files that universally define each sound, rather than assume all of the US or all of the UK pronounce the examplar in the same way.

IPA does exactly that. My "as in the word" examples were taken from my regional audio lexicon -- and even within this region, there's not all that much homogeneity of speech sounds.

The vowel sounds are spread across placement areas in the mouth, and consonants are classified by how they're produced.

Like so (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet).

IPA does exactly that. My "as in the word" examples were taken from my regional audio lexicon -- and even within this region, there's not all that much homogeneity of speech sounds.

The vowel sounds are spread across placement areas in the mouth, and consonants are classified by how they're produced.

Like so (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet).

Much clearer with the link with sound files
http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/vowels.html
http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/diphthongs.html

How do you say "been"? Because around here people say it "bin", leading me to believ for years that it was spelt "bin".
"Bin", unless I'm making a hilarious "bean soup" joke, obviously.
I heard someone say "literally" differently than I do today, creeped me out.
"Lih-trilly"

I've heard many people pronounce these words differently, but how do YOU pronounce them?


Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)
Our
Stupid
Marry
Pen, pin, pan
Route
What
Pasta
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv

Add any others you've heard pronounced differently than how you do
WHIR-ent, AR-ent, ow-r, stew-pid, MA-ree (ma like hat), pehn, pihn, pan (like hat), root, waht, PAH-sta, now-you're-just-being-silly.

I've heard many people pronounce these words differently, but how do YOU pronounce them?


Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)
Our
Stupid
Marry
Pen, pin, pan
Route
What
Pasta
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv

Add any others you've heard pronounced differently than how you do

Wernt + arnt (American, so ending t's are nearly silent)
Stup-id
Marry (rhymes with merry)
pen, pin, pan = the exact same as they're spelled
what = wut
pasta = pahsta

Weren't - vernt
Aren't - arnt
Our - owr
Stupid - stoo-pid
Marry - mare-ee
Pen - pen
Pin - pin
Pan - pan
Route - rowt
What - que
Pasta - greesy wop dago excretion
Ecky-ecky-ecky-ecky-pikang-zoop-boing-goodem-zoo-owli-zhiv - Ni!

How do you say "been"? Because around here people say it "bin", leading me to believ for years that it was spelt "bin".Same pronunciation as the name 'Ben', rhymes with 'den, 'pen', 'when', etc.

Weren't & aren't (wurrt, ourynt)
Our (hour)
Stupid (stoopid)
Marry (murry)
Pen, pin, pan (pen, pen, payan)
Route (root)
What (whuut)
Pasta (pawstuh)

How do you say "been"? Because around here people say it "bin", leading me to believ for years that it was spelt "bin".

Bin.

Same pronunciation as the name 'Ben', rhymes with 'den, 'pen', 'when', etc.
Seriously?

Pittsburghese is silly.

I've heard many people pronounce these words differently, but how do YOU pronounce them?


Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)
Our
Stupid
Marry
Pen, pin, pan
Route
What
Pasta
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv

Add any others you've heard pronounced differently than how you do

The (British English) phonetics here: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ generally agree with how I pronounce things.

I've heard many people pronounce these words differently, but how do YOU pronounce them?

Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)
Our
Stupid
Marry
Pen, pin, pan
Route
What
Pasta
Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv

Add any others you've heard pronounced differently than how you do


Weren't & aren't (As one or two syllables?)[/QUOTE]

Two syllables: Were-int.

Our.

Styupid

Mary.

Pen.

Pin.

Pan.

Rout.

Wut

Pasta

Seriously?

Pittsburghese is silly.

It's that way here too.

Also, according to people in Philly I say "lawyer" weirdly.