Posted by John Lambert on August 31, 2011 at 17:09:51 user John.
In Reply to: Re: Pronunciation posted by Ed Kiser on August 31, 2011 at 07:47:20:
While we're on the subject of American English, perhaps Ed can answer a question I have puzzled over for some time. Americans seem to use the long "A" when saying foreign words. However, it sounds more like "O" than "A". Witness Vietnom, rather than Vietnam. I know it's Vientnam because I have a good Vietnamese friend who pronounces it Vietnam. Other words are Homburg for Hamburg, Dotsun for Datsun, pecon for pecan, and so on. Another puculiarity is the disapperance of the letter "T". I hear gennel, not gentle. Innernational, not international, couny, not county, See-al, not Seattle, etc. How come, Ed? Did Queen Elizabeth speak this way? Hm, inneresting.