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redfiona99) wrote2011-09-13 06:30 pm
redfiona99) wrote2011-09-13 06:30 pm
The Grand Reveal of the Reason for the Question
So, you might be wondering why I was asking how people pronounce the word 'measure' (http://redfiona99.livejournal.com/724433.html).
Story goes - I was just back from Frankfurt when I read![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nwhyte's post on how people pronounce the first syllable of 'charity' http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1802748.html. I ticked the applicable ticky box, and left a comment 'After a listening to a talk by someone who pronounced 'measure' as 'may-sure' I have given up on English.'
This lead to an interesting conversation, and some researching, where mostly I learned that, once again, I have difficulty with phonetic alphabets, and that according to said alphabet, I am Australian (this is a common problem, Northern vowel sounds are apparently Australian).
My central difficulty remained. While I accept I have a very narrow personal experience, I am a child of the multimedia era, so I have heard English spindled in many ways, and I had never, before Frankfurt, heard anyone say 'may-sure' for 'measure', and I wanted to check that this wasn't just me missing out on a particular regional accent.
The poll results have reassured me, that no, it was just this chap mangling the language, which pleases me. I know I'm being mean, but he started it when he said the chemistry knowledge of biologists was poor.
Story goes - I was just back from Frankfurt when I read
nwhyte's post on how people pronounce the first syllable of 'charity' http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1802748.html. I ticked the applicable ticky box, and left a comment 'After a listening to a talk by someone who pronounced 'measure' as 'may-sure' I have given up on English.'This lead to an interesting conversation, and some researching, where mostly I learned that, once again, I have difficulty with phonetic alphabets, and that according to said alphabet, I am Australian (this is a common problem, Northern vowel sounds are apparently Australian).
My central difficulty remained. While I accept I have a very narrow personal experience, I am a child of the multimedia era, so I have heard English spindled in many ways, and I had never, before Frankfurt, heard anyone say 'may-sure' for 'measure', and I wanted to check that this wasn't just me missing out on a particular regional accent.
The poll results have reassured me, that no, it was just this chap mangling the language, which pleases me. I know I'm being mean, but he started it when he said the chemistry knowledge of biologists was poor.