Timeline for Pronouncing "really" like "rate"
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| Apr 29, 2017 at 21:09 | comment | added | user175542 | @hgiesel: it definitely sounds British. We never say this in the Midwest. Like "spot on" or "bloke". | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 19:07 | comment | added | user227547 | @hgeisel, maybe you can edit the heading for your question to reflect that the issue is not just pronounciation, but meaning and proununciation of "right" used to mean really, very or extremely. | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 17:01 | answer | added | Kiloran_speaking | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 13:18 | comment | added | hgiesel | It still seems to like a British thing. Doesn't sound "He is right clever" awkward to an American? | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 13:13 | comment | added | Mark Beadles | Are you sure he's not saying "right"? | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 13:12 | comment | added | John Lawler | He means Right, which has the same emphatic sense in this context that Really does. From /rayt/ to /reyt/ is practically no step at all, and some people even say /riyt/ (eye spelling Reet) as an exclamation. | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 13:07 | history | asked | hgiesel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |