Dragaera

lazy pronounciation

Fri Feb 4 09:41:25 PST 2005

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MedCat7 at aol.com>
To: <dragaera at dragaera.info>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 9:32 AM
Subject: lazy pronounciation


> In a message dated 2/4/2005 9:20:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, Grady Brandt
<gbrandt at Tampabayfederal.com> writes:
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: lazarus [mailto:lazarus33pjf at cox.net]
> >>
> >> On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 19:35:51 -0700, you wrote:
> >>
> >> >Gaertk at aol.com wrote:
> >> >> In a message dated 2/2/2005 5:54:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
lazarus
> >> >> <lazarus33pjf at cox.net> writes:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Also, "pen" and "pin" should have distinctly different
> >> >>> pronunciations.
> >> >
> >> >I wondered where these don't have distinctly different pronunciations.
> >> >
> >>
> >> As Jose said, in the south they tend to blur a lot of these
> >> pronunciations.
> >>
> >> They both are pronounced "pin" in the areas of the south I've lived.
> >>
> >
> >I think that's because we southerners (I'm assuming you're referring the
US
> >South) tend to be lazy about our pronunciation anyway, particularly the
> >vowels.
> >
> "Ya'll" "you all" "you guys" "all of you"
> -C
>

And for large groups: "All y'all".

Dave