I'm a bit at a loss. I don't understand the difference in pronunciation between an American cellar door and an English cellar door. If it was set down in this thread I must be missing it. Having watched a lot of PBS I've heard enough English to recognize many of the differences, but try as I might I can't seem to sum it up a unique sounding "cellar door" in my mind's ear. I pronounce it Sell - Ohr Dohr.
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Well, I say revert to English... it's a prettier language than the garble most people consider speech around here.
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I don't really think English is inherently more beautiful than American... it depends on which dialect/accent of each you are using and how articulately you speak them. I've heard speech that is English but qualifies as "garble" (cockney, anyone?
) and there is some beauty in the sound of certain American dialects, such as the Southern "drawl" (commonly romanticized in Civil War films).
As always, nothing is absolute. And while I like English, and all that, there seems something rather pretenious in going around with an affected accent in day to day speech
10-14-2004, 01:24 AM
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