He "ahd-vawnced" to first base. They kept their "ahd-vauntage". Or, Richard Burton: "Ahhsk it? AHHHsk it? I COMMAHND it"!
I don't mind how people pronounce things... have an accent..(ahdvaunced) is how the people would say it here in the South of England''.. that's the accent..... I'm a Scot living here in the south... so I say ad. van..ced However..all the examples..febuary, , spaded...Pacific instead of specific.. etc.. are just lazy or uneducated ..that irritates me.. I've hear people say Heith ..for height... ( what is that all about)? Just gotta point out I'm not having a pop at the written word so much, ( except loose (lose)..and defiantly ( definitely) people make mistakes , some are dyslexic.. it's the lazy speakers who irritate me most BTW..just gotta say you Americans mispronounce a word that irritates most Brits... It's Football.......not soccer!!
It's one thing to have an accent that causes a slight alteration in the pronunciation of a word but to me it's just plain laziness to not move your mouth and make a proper sound so people know what the H you are talking about. I was raised to speak clearly and properly so there is no misunderstanding of what I am saying .. when did that all get erased?
In the 1934 newsreel scene where Queen Elizabeth launches the hull of the Queen Mary, she says "God bless huh and all who sail in huh." Harold
I noticed recently on a TV commercial for a supplement, they call it tu-mare-ic (phonetic), with emphasis on the 2nd syllable. Isn't that the same thing you use in making pickles?. If so, we always pronounced it tur-mer-ic. I think they just want people to think it's something new.
Some people will use the phrase "If you will " to appear more sophisticated in their speech. I never use it out of embarrassment, feeling that the listener will suspect me of "putting on the dog"! Harold