Speaking 'properly' or not

[cubfanbudwoman]

Steve:
> . ...and by the way, how do they prononce
> > 'yoghurt' if not as the dictionary indicates 'yogert'.

Karen: 
> As I understand it the American English way to pronounce yoghurt is 
> yo-gert (as in yo-yo), whereas the English (no need to say British 
> English BTW, LOL!) is yog-ert wher yog rhymes with jog.


SSSusan:
Wow!  I go away for two days, and y'all are having some FUN around 
here.

Steve, if you want to hear it pronounced the British way, 
watch "Love, Actually" and wait for Alan Rickman's hilarious 
encounter with Rowan Atkinson at the jewelry counter.  "What, are you 
going to dip it in YOG-hurt next?" 

And I'm waiting for Texan Jen to pipe up on Steve's comments about 
all = awl and oil = awl.  Just what *is* that microscopic difference 
in pronunciation which distinguishes the two?  :-)

A couple of the most annoying mispronunciations I hear with Americans 
are "ath-uh-lete" for "athlete" and "souf [rhymes with south]-more" 
for "sophomore."  Bleh.

Now I could start a real argument amongst Americans, I imagine, by 
asking who says "VEE-uh-kuhl" and who says "vee-HICK-uhl" 
for "vehicle."  I've probably given away my preference in the way I 
phoneticized the two versions. ;-)

Siriusly Snapey Susan, who'd never have known it was "Bark-sheer" and 
would've embarrassed herself by saying "Berk [rhymes with "jerk"]-
sher [rhymes with "were"].