[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Thicknesse: Question on Pronunciation

[Janette]

marion11111 <marion11111 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Hey, there you go - are "very" and "vary" the same for you?  They are for
> me.


montims:

no - for me, they are quite different, differing like heaven and haven.  The
r does not change the vowel for me, whatever the vowel is, but then I do not
sound the r as strongly as most Americans I hear.  I use the schwah a lot -
moth*, fath*, calend*, etc, etc, where * stands for the upside down e, and
sounds a bit (but not very much) like uh...  Americans seem to say motherr,
fatherr, etc...
And Sirius rhymes with "sit with us", where serious rhymes with "she me us".


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