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Brainwalter

08-25-2005, 04:45 PM

The other questions were too easy. Please don't vote if you're from california.

daryn

08-25-2005, 04:50 PM

seer-up

seriously these posts are so dumb. generally there is a right and wrong way to pronounce certain words. the worst is the people that grew up mispronouncing them and somehow think they are correct because of that. it's really easy to realize you are wrong.

for example when i say words like car, bar, i pronounce it cahh, bahh.. but i KNOW THIS IS NOT CORRECT. i am not a moron who insists i am right. that is just the accent i have.

for aunt i actually say ahhnt.

DemonDeac

08-25-2005, 04:50 PM

who are the morons saying surr-up

Patrick del Poker Grande

08-25-2005, 04:52 PM

I say "syr-up"

Brainwalter

08-25-2005, 04:53 PM

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I say "syr-up"

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Please clarify.

daryn

08-25-2005, 04:54 PM

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I say "syr-up"

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Please clarify.

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it's clear as day

syr = seer

syr != surrrrr

RunDownHouse

08-25-2005, 04:57 PM

I don't give it a 36 Mafia-type drawl, but its a lot closer to the "surr" listed than the "seer."

shant

08-25-2005, 04:58 PM

A lot of people from the STL voting on polls up in hurrrrr

Brainwalter

08-25-2005, 05:00 PM

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I say "syr-up"

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Please clarify.

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it's clear as day

syr = seer

syr != surrrrr

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Not you, Patrick.

You, pronounce these:

Byrd
Myrrh

Voltron87

08-25-2005, 05:01 PM

i sip on sizurp

Patrick del Poker Grande

08-25-2005, 05:03 PM

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I say "syr-up"

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Please clarify.

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it's clear as day

syr = seer

syr != surrrrr

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Not you, Patrick.

You, pronounce these:

Byrd
Myrrh

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Yeah, it's more like this. It's closer to seer than surr, but more schwa than ee.

AncientPC

08-25-2005, 05:18 PM

I use seer-up but both are acceptable:
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=syrup
(click on the sound icons)

Brainwalter

08-25-2005, 05:27 PM

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for example when i say words like car, bar, i pronounce it cahh, bahh.. but i KNOW THIS IS NOT CORRECT. i am not a moron who insists i am right. that is just the accent i have.

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This is a bad analogy. There are no words in English where A-R makes an "ah" sound. Also, you're pronouncing the same sound wrong for every word it's in. Definitely a different phenomenon.

James Boston

08-25-2005, 06:43 PM

I don't think the correct pronunciation involves hanging on the vowel sound for too long. If said quickly, the difference is negligable.

EDIT: I hate trying to type phonetics, because I'm not sure how to properly do it. I guess I pronouce it "SI-rup." Quickly.

RunDownHouse

08-25-2005, 06:48 PM

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Loc: Alabama

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You don't say anything quickly.

James Boston

08-25-2005, 06:52 PM

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Loc: Alabama

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You don't say anything quickly.

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I have an accent, but it's not bad compared to everyone else you encounter in the south. I made efforts to minimalize it when I got into broadcasting.

TheMainEvent

08-25-2005, 06:57 PM

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seriously these posts are so dumb. generally there is a right and wrong way to pronounce certain words. the worst is the people that grew up mispronouncing them and somehow think they are correct because of that. it's really easy to realize you are wrong.

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On most of the words I've seen posted, the dictionary lists both pronunciations as correct. By what standard are you determining that only one is right?

Syrup (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=syrup)

Aunt (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=aunt)

daryn

08-26-2005, 01:31 AM

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seriously these posts are so dumb. generally there is a right and wrong way to pronounce certain words. the worst is the people that grew up mispronouncing them and somehow think they are correct because of that. it's really easy to realize you are wrong.

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On most of the words I've seen posted, the dictionary lists both pronunciations as correct. By what standard are you determining that only one is right?

Syrup (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=syrup)

Aunt (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=aunt)

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if a word has two acceptable pronunciations, so be it. even though the words that do have two acceptable pronunciations probably are meant to be said ONE way only, but idiots messed it up so they started to recognize both pronunciations.

sort of like immaterial