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Is there dialectal variation in the weak form of "on"?
i think so, but i am not sure. I tried it myself, and it is pretty much just n
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Which dialect of English do people pronounce advertisement as ad-VER-tis-ment
I'm Irish and everyone here pronounces it as adverTISEments.
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Which dialect of English do people pronounce advertisement as ad-VER-tis-ment
The pronunciation varies hugely.
OED, which tends towards RP in British English, gives
BRITISH ENGLISH /ədˈvəːtᵻsm(ə)nt/uhd-VUR-tuhss-muhnt and /ədˈvəːtᵻzm(ə)nt/ uhd-VUR-tuhz-muhnt
U.S. ENGLISH /...
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Which dialect of English do people pronounce advertisement as ad-VER-tis-ment
Coming from upstate NY, I’d always thought that “AdVERtisment” was simply pretentious in America (I’ve only heard ADvertizement from an in-the-flesh human). In Britain, I think AdVERtisment is normal,...
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What dialect or accent is Woishington?
My mother (entire life in central Indiana, mostly rural) said "woish" and "boosh." My cousin (entire life in small-town central Indiana) says "feesh." In general, I've ...
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Is "wheat skin color" a thing in any dialect of English or just a bad translation from Chinese?
Of course, those figures are probably 99% produced in China, and "wheat" might just be an inappropriate automatic translation from whatever the Chinese word is.
This comment seems to be the ...
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What is "Antipodean English"?
Here "Antipodean" means "Australia and New Zealand".
Sir Paul Beresford MP (your English gentleman) was born in New Zealand, and moved to the UK as an adult.
David Linden MP (your ...
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"call out" vs "call in"
If I am in the office, I'd say: John called in sick.
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If I am in the office, I'd say: John called to say he was out sick.
I might call the office and say: I'm calling in sick.
**I would never say &...
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"call out" vs "call in"
I'm 34 and from Massachusetts and calling "in" sick sounds very strange to me. You're calling out sick to say you will be out of the office that day. Calling in sick sounds like you're sick ...
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The distinction between "over there" and "over yonder."
Pointing out "over there" is when I can see the location I am pointing out. Pointing out "over yonder" is when I don't have a line of sight to the location I'm pointing, maybe ...
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