Cay is definitely infintiely more piratey than city. Cay is Kay, Quay is Key and Bouy is BOY - not booey as I've so often heard our US cousins refer to it....just like Herb is Herb not Erb - because it has a *&@£ing H in it....:)
Both are "correct." Just because we pronounce words differently in the US doesn't make them "incorrect." I could say that you guys don't know how to pronounce your own language, e.g.:
How do you pronounce Edinburgh, out of interest? Edin borrow?
First of all, being the country of origin does not automatically equate sociolinguistic primacy. Hell, if you go back far enough, you don't get lectures from Germany and Denmark on how to speak Germanic languages, do you? Also, Britain conquered the world starting a few centuries or so ago, meaning that...
English is everywhere, and different dialects are spoken in the US, Canada, Jamaica, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The fact that English originated in England (or as I said before, Denmark and Saxony) is irrelevant considering that the English (and Welsh, Scottish, and Irish, come to think of it) are not the only ones speaking it as a first language.
As for the second part of your statement, I pronounce it "Eddin-boorugh" with the "gh" being guttural.
First of all, being the country of original does not automatically equate sociolinguistic primacy. Hell, if you go back far enough, you don't get lectures from Germany and Denmark on how to speak Germanic languages, do you? Also, Britain conquered the world starting a few centuries or so ago, meaning that...
English is everywhere, and different dialects are spoken in the US, Canada, Jamaica, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The fact that English originated in England (or as I said before, Denmark and Saxony) is irrelevant considering that the English (and Welsh, Scottish, and Irish, come to think of it) are not the only ones speaking it as a first language.
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Both are "correct." Just because we pronounce words differently in the US doesn't make them "incorrect." I could say that you guys don't know how to pronounce your own language, e.g.:
Featherstonehaugh = Fanshaw
Kirkcudbright = Kir-KOO-bree
Ayscough = Askew
Menzies = Mingus
Edinburgh = Eddin-burra
I could go on and on. I don't need lecturing from a Brit on what "proper English" is. :mad:
My point is this: There are differences in dialects, but one is not more correct than the other.
How do you pronounce Edinburgh, out of interest? Edin borrow?
First of all, being the country of origin does not automatically equate sociolinguistic primacy. Hell, if you go back far enough, you don't get lectures from Germany and Denmark on how to speak Germanic languages, do you? Also, Britain conquered the world starting a few centuries or so ago, meaning that...
English is everywhere, and different dialects are spoken in the US, Canada, Jamaica, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The fact that English originated in England (or as I said before, Denmark and Saxony) is irrelevant considering that the English (and Welsh, Scottish, and Irish, come to think of it) are not the only ones speaking it as a first language.
As for the second part of your statement, I pronounce it "Eddin-boorugh" with the "gh" being guttural.
I guess I must have pronounced
Sorry. I'm just in a bad mood, considering that fungi are eating the sole of my left foot.
watch people try to figure that $#!7 out.
Well, maybe not.
Why don't you count in seconds? Not that much of a fan, eh?
As far as i know it should be 1250804264.
Possibilities... Nah. Just Kidding.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32388708/ns/technology_and_science-science/
Grammar Fungus is the wave of the future.
Grammar Fungus is a good name for a rock band.