Re: Use of the long "a" in pronouncing the article

Joseph W. Murphy wrote:

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:05:52 -0400, Steve Mesnick wrote:

Joseph W. Murphy wrote:
I was listening to Bush speak (or rather read) a statement a few minutes
ago. He pronounced the English indefinite article "a" as long and not like
"uh" which is how it's always done here.

Well, he's _reading_ from a Teleprompter, and many people,
when reading as opposed to just speaking extemporaneously,
tend to over-enunciate the articles.

Steve Mesnick

Actually it was a paper and not a teleprompter. But you're right,
sometimes people do this. Bush certainly does. But why overenunciate
articles?

Because they're not competent readers, unable to scan a phrase at a
time, and are stopped short by every word break.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
.

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