Author: Jack Knight Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
Jim Kissel wrote: > Chris Aitken wrote:
>
>>>> Sean,
>>>> Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way down on
>>> the
>>> list of annoyingizations of the language :)
>>>
>>> The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to
>>>
>>>
>> pronounce the letter H as Haitch.
>>
> As a "Connecticut Yankee in King Arther's Court", well actually an ex,
> as I've just moved back to the USA, it's "Hews-ton Texas, not "Whos-ton"
> ... unless of course you happen to be in SoHo New York, which means
"South of Houston", but is pronounced HOWS-TON. Calling it Hews-ton is
to a New Yorker like an American calling Leicester Square "Lie-Sester"
Square to us. ;^)=
On the subject of Haitch, my Dublin born Irish wife will gladly inform
you that Irish kids are taught to say it that way in school, as well as
pronouncing R as "ORR".
