Pronunciations

[meckelburg at foni.net]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
Hi Amy!
we do go nuts, believe me!
I'm German, but moved to Australia as a 7year- old. so, I learn 
australian english. Four years later we went back to Germany, I had to 
learn the complete German grammar etc. as if it were a foreign 
language (we kids always found excuses not to speak German in 
Australia). In school, we had English and I thought "Oh, how nice! An 
easy subject". Our teacher came from the UK and every 2nd sentance to 
me was "wrong pronunciation". I blocked completely, and it took me 
years to believe (and I'm still not sure sometimes (you loose so much 
of a language if you don't practise regularly)) I can speak "English" 
- Whatever that is <vbg>

So, can't you guys decide which language to speak, tell the rest of 
the world and make it easier for all of us :-)

Mecki
 
> Someone, somewhere must have written a thorough history of English 
> pronunciation.  There is certainly no firm logic to the 
pronunciation 
> of English in any country.  People who learn it as a second language 
> must go nuts.
> 
> N.B.:  We don't drop the H in the name Herb, just the plants.  
> Important to remember if you're talking to a Herb.
> 
> Amy Z