Wed Jul-21-10 12:50 PM by Glenn

How do you pronounce these?

I hear TV ads with ruh-ward' and ruh-place' and they make me crazy.

I say ree-place and ree-ward. Very slight 2nd syllable emphasis, and the ree is quick.

Also, just heard another: ruh-member'. Also, ruh-pair', ruh-peat' ruh-minder', ruh-verse', ruh-lax', and ruh-gard'

Would these people say ruh-generate'?

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How ruh-volting that you would ruh-veal this phenomenon. Having ruh-gard these facts, I feel I must ruh-nounce this behavior.

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I think Bill Clinton would have said 'ruh-WARD' and 'ruh-PLACE'. It's just a regional dialect. It's mild relative to one of the many northeastern blue collar dialects. A lot of people would have difficulty comprehending somebody from, say, Cranston, RI or Revere, Ma.

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I'm with you, but I don;t let it gert to me. What drives me crazy is people (especially on HGTV) who pronounce accessory as if it were assessory (a place where they store assessors?). That and the newfangled verb accessorize -- but that battle's long over.

I agree with Geoff. I good real Boston accent is impossible to imitate (Cliff Claven's on "Cheers" was dreadful.)

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Man, you guys have way too much time on your hands today.
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I think most dialect changes occur from laziness, the way spelling is developing over the internet. It's a bit easier to say ruh, so that's what gets said.

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Some may find it ruh-pugnant while others may find it ruh-freshing.

"Do the Right Thing. It will gratify some people and will astound the rest" - Mark Twain

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I think that is because I'm from the northeast the RUH sounds kind of southern to me.

The problem with the rat race is that even if you win - you're still a rat.

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You say Potato, and I say Potahto
You say Tomato and I say Tomahto

Let's call the whole thing off.

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I don't know. If I find out I've been pronouncing something incorrectly, I change it unless I'm physically unable to make the sound accurately.

I've changed my pronunciations of Florida, forest, pecan, and a bunch of other words over the years.

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Thu Jul-22-10 03:56 PM by Allison

Even my mother, who's from the South, doesn't say stuff like that, but I notice many of her family members do. Remember Ebonics? Makes me shudder.