Re: quonset hut
From: Andrew Gwilliam (bottomless_pit_at_southernskies.co.uk)
Date: 03/24/05
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Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:09:54 +0000
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:25:36 +1200, benlizross wrote:
> John Atkinson wrote:
>>
>> "benlizross" <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
>> news:4241DC88.5371@ihug.co.nz...
>>> Harlan Messinger wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Andrew Gwilliam wrote:
>>> > > On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:58:21 +0000, Richard Herring wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >>"Nissen hut" would be understood by most British people over a
>> certain
>>> > >>age. If you said "Nissen" alone, they'd think you were
>> mispronouncing a
>>> > >>brand of car.
>>> > >
>>> > > No they wouldn't, because they're pronounced identically.
>>> >
>>> > Maybe that depends on the country. In the US the car make is
>> pronounced
>>> > /'ni "san/, like "neon" with an S sound between the vowels.
>>>
>>> Weird. I think it's /'nIs"&n/ in NZ.
>>
>> I'll push for /'nIs.@n/ here in Oz (@n being articulated, as usual, as a
>> syllabic nasal).
>>
>> John.
>
> Yep, I checked with the in-house Kiwi speakers, an /'nIs.@n/ was their
> first response; but they agreed they had heard /'nIs"&n/ too. Maybe
> that's the official company pronunciation here. My brain normally
> filters out car advertising on TV, but I'll have to try and pay
> attention next time.
I seem to recall that Hyundai is pronounced differently in various
English-speaking countries. And Daewoo as well. Shibboleths?!
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