Re: GuiTAR = GItaa?; HaWAii = HAwai?

Danny Wilde wrote:


"Anthony J. Bryant" <ajbryant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:RK_re.62075$nG6.58028@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Danny Wilde wrote:

Anyway, who on earth says "PAIR-is" for Paris?


Anyone who is a native speaker of English.


Strange, all the native speakers of English I know of say "pa-ris" with the "a" vowel from "cat", not "pair-is".

I tried saying it that way. I think I sounded like my American brother-in-law in the state of Washington. I would expect that pronunciation from the same people who pronounce "house" as if they were cats in heat. I.e. a lot of them folks from south of the border. No criticism of their dialect implied. Just a reminder that there are a number of varieties of English, something like a zillion or so, give or take a jillion.


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