Dragaera

Pronunciation Guide

Tue Oct 28 18:18:26 PST 2003

> Don't. Or don't do it without asking a professional. Most people
> aren't aware of the differences between their own speech and other
> people's.
>
>Let's take a poll.
>
> 1. Do you pronounce "Don" and "dawn" the same?

Negative.

> 2a. When you read question 1, did you react "Huh? Doesn't everyone?"
>
> 2b. ... or did you react "Huh? Does anyone?!"

Heh...a professional, of course, would have included:
2c. ...or have you simply accepted for years that some do and some don't,
and for some people it varies depending on context, mood, environmental
considerations and the phase of the moon; but regardless, most days there're
more pressing issues to which to attend.

-Talion Camisade
(Kevin Higgins)
"Sometimes it's hard to believe we are the apex of 200 million years of
competitive mammalian evolution."