Thicknesse: Question on Pronunciation

Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) catlady at wicca.net
Sat Aug 25 17:52:33 UTC 2007


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Janette <jnferr at ...> wrote:

<< speaking as a native UK speaker, I cannot think of any part of the
UK that would not distinguish easily between Sirius and serious.  It
is not that close.  As always, I am ready to be corrected, but IME
where the pronunciation would differ from county to county would be in
the r, NOT in the vowel...  Pit and peat, bit and beat, Sirius and
serious - the vowels are discrete. >>

I am a native of Los Angelenos. I believe I have no accent, except
American. I pronounce the first syllables if Sirius and serious the
same as I pronounce the one-syllable words seer and sear. Which I do
not pronounce 'see - er' (one who sees), nor do I pronunce any of them
with a truly long 'e' like see.





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