Pronunciation Of Words

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  1. Richard Whiting

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    Yeah, I've also heard it pronounced vahse and I've wondered about that.
     
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    Hoity-toity. :D
     
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    A vase is a vahze here :)
     
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    Ah. :)
     
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    Here's another TV one I heard you gotta think people did to make themselves stand out.

    Robot.
    Row-baht, or Rowbut (said real fast.)

    Perhaps it's a regional thing.
     
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    Mischievous.

    Mis-chuh-vus
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    Mis-cheeve-e-us
     
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    Salmon. I don't care; I do pronounce that damn "L".
     
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    Caramel.

    Discuss among yourselves. :p
     
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    I pronounce the "l" too, although very softly and unobtrusively.

    As for mischievous, I guess I play around with both pronunciations. I grew up pronouncing it as "mis-cheeve-e-us" but have subsequently heard it pronounced "mis-chuh-vus" so often that I sometimes use that pronunciation.

    Similar to mischievous, everyone around me pronounced caramel as "carmel" when I was a kid, but that didn't seem right to me, so I have mostly adopted the "cara-mel" pronunciation. Wherever there is a dispute, I like to use the letters that are in a word.
     
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    Sword - Do you pronounce the "w" or not?
     
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    Of course not.
     
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    I say "kah-rah-mel", but some people say kar-a-mel. You are just weird, unless you are talking about the town in CA. :p
     
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    No, I do not pronounce the W.
     
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    I never pronounce the L in salmon. To me, that would sound mighty strange.
     
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    I think "sah-mon" sounds weird. If they put that "L" in there, I'm gonna use it. :p
     
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