[lit-ideas] Re: pronouncing philosophers
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:35:32 -0800
On Mar 23, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Robert Paul wrote:
I (here on the West Coast) pronounce 'ammunition' am-yoo-nishun,
although I think that other regional dialects (David Ritchie might
know) would have it am-un-ition, where 'un' is like the 'un' in
'unappetizing,'
The only person I can hear saying this in the echo archive of my mind,
is the lead character in "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'em," a comedy Judy and
others may recall.
Here's the scoop:
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/somemothers/somemothers.htm
Why an accent clearly intended to be funny should, somewhere in
America, be thought normal is too touchy a subject for me to touch.
David Ritchie
Portland, Oregon
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