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Cloud · 04-23-2008, 07:42 PM

run for the dictionary, everyone!

Cloud · 04-23-2008, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Do you pronounce the d in Wednesday too?

there are 2 "d" sounds in Wednesday.

wendz-day

HungLikeJesus · 04-23-2008, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by case

...

HLJ, I think 1 "all ya'll" counts for 2 "y'all"s.

Quote:

Vanessa: What are ya'll lookin' at? Fuck all ya'll.

monster · 04-23-2008, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

there are 2 "d" sounds in Wednesday.

wendz-day

not according to the OED

anyway, waht to you mean "run" -a tru wordophile alwats has the two-volume Shorter Oxford within arms-reach

Cloud · 04-23-2008, 07:46 PM

discussion re: "often" --

http://www.englishforums.com/English...vbpwk/post.htm

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/often.html

HungLikeJesus · 04-23-2008, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

there are 2 "d" sounds in Wednesday.

wendz-day

I've always said Wed-ns-day

monster · 04-23-2008, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

wendz-day

but the first d comes before the n

Cloud · 04-23-2008, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

not according to the OED

anyway, waht to you mean "run" -a tru wordophile alwats has the two-volume Shorter Oxford within arms-reach

how else would you pronounce it?

Cloud · 04-23-2008, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

but the first d comes before the n

in spelling, but not in pronunciation.

eta: okay my dictionary does not list the first d in pronunciation. says: wenz-da.

I think when I pronounce it, there is a soft d sound in there before, or as part of the z sound.

Cloud · 04-23-2008, 07:56 PM

okay, this is the note on pronunciation of often from my Random House unabridged:

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Often was pronounced with a t-sound until the 17th century, when a pronunciation without the t came to predominate in the speech of the educated, in both North America and Great Britain, and the earlier pronunciation fell into disfavor. Common use of a spelling pronunciation has since restored the (t) for many speakers, and today [both] exist side by side. Although it is still sometimes criticized, often with a (t) is now so widely heard from educated speakers that it has become fully standard once again.

monster · 04-23-2008, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

in spelling, but not in pronunciation.

bollocks. that's just incorrect -like saying "nucular"

Cloud · 04-23-2008, 07:59 PM

well, I don't say, "wed-nes-day" or anything. see my eta above.

lumberjim · 04-23-2008, 08:01 PM

cloud is mildly irritating me today. mildly being the key word.

monster · 04-23-2008, 08:01 PM

yup. wenzday.

Shall we start on Connecticut?

monster · 04-23-2008, 08:02 PM

Oh, we're going back on topic are we?

In that case mmy hair is mildy irritating me. And my eczema.

04-23-2008, 07:42 PM	#241
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04-23-2008, 07:46 PM	#245
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	discussion re: "often" -- http://www.englishforums.com/English...vbpwk/post.htm http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/often.html __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-23-2008, 07:59 PM	#252
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	well, I don't say, "wed-nes-day" or anything. see my eta above. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-23-2008, 08:01 PM	#253
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04-23-2008, 08:01 PM	#254
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yup. wenzday. Shall we start on Connecticut? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-23-2008, 08:02 PM	#255
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Oh, we're going back on topic are we? In that case mmy hair is mildy irritating me. And my eczema. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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