Food for thought..Pronounciation and whatnots..

• b3cky

  19 Feb 07, 03:02

  Food for thought.. been thinking 'bout this.. the words photographer and photography.. seems that many fail to pronounce it the right way.. (or so I think) in other words.. most pronounce it as "fo-to-graph-fer" and "fo-to-graph-fi" instead of "fer-taw-gr-fer" and "fer-taw-graf-fi".. excuse me for the phonics.. can't spell the exact ones.. just the soundalikes.. isn't the latter the right pronounciation? I'm supposing its probably the way in which most asians pronounce it.. likewise for the word flour which is supposed to be prononced as "flower" and not "flour"..
  
  
  
• scabstermooch

  19 Feb 07, 03:09

  I think you'll find its spelt 'Pronunciation' without an 'o'.
  
  
• Rejected

  19 Feb 07, 04:04

  Originally posted by scabstermooch:

  I think you'll find its spelt 'Pronunciation' without an 'o'.
  
  

  X2.
• stellazio

  19 Feb 07, 04:19

  i just had this feeling that the first person to reply will be the person to correct the word.
• MyPillowTalks

  19 Feb 07, 07:24

  me ish pronouce:
  
  photographer: fo-TOR-gra-fer
  photography: fo-tor-gra-fi
• sand king

  19 Feb 07, 09:14

  Originally posted by MyPillowTalks:

  me ish pronouce:
  
  photographer: fo-TOR-gra-fer
  photography: fo-tor-gra-fi

  X2
• N|ck

  19 Feb 07, 09:53

  Subtle
  Debt
  Doubt
  
  All the above, the Bs are silent. Hence you pronounce them without the Bs, like Sa-tle, Dat, Dout.
  
  Almond-->All-men, not L-men.
  
  And from what I heard before, the word Nuclear is pronounced without the C, so it's Nook-lear.
  
  Think Singaporeans should try to correct their broken english and get rid of singlish first before getting into these subtlties.
• hegu

  19 Feb 07, 09:55

  we tend to mispronounce a lot of words, not only these.
  
  sword - sord
  their - there
  
  and the list goes on forever...
• the Bear

  19 Feb 07, 09:57

  uhh.. it's more.. fer-tor-grr-fer
• scabstermooch

  19 Feb 07, 10:06

  Originally posted by N|ck:

  Subtle
  Debt
  Doubt
  
  All the above, the Bs are silent. Hence you pronounce them without the Bs, like Sa-tle, Dat, Dout.
  
  Almond-->All-men, not L-men.
  
  And from what I heard before, the word Nuclear is pronounced without the C, so it's Nook-lear.
  
  Think Singaporeans should try to correct their broken english and get rid of singlish first before getting into these subtlties.

  I hope you aren't learning the queen's english from the shaved chimp in washington.
• yihao93

  19 Feb 07, 10:06

  lol.....
  i dun care....
• TehJarVu

  19 Feb 07, 10:09

  yes prer-fess-sir
• mhcampboy

  19 Feb 07, 10:20

  Originally posted by scabstermooch:

  I hope you aren't learning the queen's english from the shaved chimp in washington.

  x2
• the Bear

  19 Feb 07, 10:24

  you're just learning to be a queen
  
  back to topic
  
  lieutenant - leff-tenant
  
  

  Originally posted by mhcampboy:

  x2

• Chuichi Koshiramaru

  19 Feb 07, 17:55

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  you're just learning to be a queen
  
  back to topic
  
  lieutenant - leff-tenant
  
  

  In American, they pronounced as 'loo-tenant', right?
• b3cky

  20 Feb 07, 23:19

  Originally posted by N|ck:

  Subtle
  Debt
  Doubt
  
  All the above, the Bs are silent. Hence you pronounce them without the Bs, like Sa-tle, Dat, Dout.
  
  Almond-->All-men, not L-men.
  
  And from what I heard before, the word Nuclear is pronounced without the C, so it's Nook-lear.
  
  Think Singaporeans should try to correct their broken english and get rid of singlish first before getting into these subtlties.

  The above words I tend to agree with.. most do pronounce 'em with the "b".. though we do tend to correct others at times.. it comes with a price, of being a snob.. the teachers should start by setting a good example, you'd be surprise to know that many teachers can't pronounce these words the right way either
• ndmmxiaomayi

  20 Feb 07, 23:21

  Originally posted by b3cky:

  The above words I tend to agree with.. most do pronounce 'em with the "b".. though we do tend to correct others at times.. it comes with a price, of being a snob.. the teachers should start by setting a good example, you'd be surprise to know that many teachers can't pronounce these words the right way either

  So are words starting with "th"
  
  the becomes de
  three becomes three
  those becomes tose
  these become tis
  this becomes tis
  
  And the list goes on
• wuming78

  20 Feb 07, 23:34

  corp = kor
  
  and my favourite:
  
  gloucester = glaw-ster (NOT glo-ches-ter)
  
  btw, if nuclear is pronouced as nook-lear, the "k" sound would have come from the letter "c", no?
• kaobeikaobu

  21 Feb 07, 00:09

  photographer , photograph - fo to gra pher, fo to graph
  photography - fur thaw gra phy
• voda

  21 Feb 07, 00:12

  Originally posted by scabstermooch:

  I think you'll find its spelt 'Pronunciation' without an 'o'.
  
  

• the Bear

  21 Feb 07, 08:33

  th.. ahhh.. that... makes for hilarity sometimes...
  
  when "third" becomes "turd"
  
  

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  So are words starting with "th"
  
  the becomes de
  three becomes three
  those becomes tose
  these become tis
  this becomes tis
  
  And the list goes on

• the Bear

  21 Feb 07, 08:38

  and another.. not sure how it is pronounced actually..
  
  the word is Data
  
  some say "day-ta"
  
  some say "dah-tah"
  
  i use the former as the word originates from the word Datum.. i don't hear anyone pronouncing it as "Dah-tum"
  
  what do you guys think?
• trendz

  21 Feb 07, 08:58

  aussies pronouce 'data' as 'dah tah'.
  for us; it's 'day-tah'.
  
  i pronounce photography and photographer as 'fer-tor-gre-fi' and 'fer-tor-gre-fer'.
• skid

  21 Feb 07, 09:33

  photography - fo-tawg-ruh-fee
  photographer - fo-tawg-ruh-fuhr
• snop_coolz

  21 Feb 07, 11:12

  lemme teach u all a new word....its call eL Heg Tee....LHT
  
  LHT : a commonly used word for gals that has no look...