AHEM!
You won't snicker at women ... but you will at men who mispronounce?
Steven L. "originally from Chattanooga, TN" Sheffield
At Tuesday, 29 October 2002, Ben Kamen <benkamenphoto@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>Somewhere along the line we all mispronounce words we perhaps have
never
>heard but either just read or written (be it our native language or
>foreign). Often we carry on the incorrect pronunciation of others
without
>knowing. Its no real sin and mostly whatever word we are saying in a
>different language its usually understood. I would never be insulted or
>snicker at some mispronounced english words or phrases by women
from any
>non-english speaking country (including TN) - in fact i would go
so far
>as to say that i am more attentive and intrigued with their mellifluos
>accents, structure and intonation even if technically incorrect. As
>Dale, im sure would say, sometimes aural boner's are to be enjoyed.
>
>Ben Kamen, NYC by way of OZ (who can pronounce Buick 3 different
ways - none
>of them "correct")
>
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