A poll on pronunciation

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In cases where you answer "something else", feel free to leave a comment explaining your pronunciation.

[Poll #245210]

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pronunciation notes

[ursamajor]

--i tried to avoid saying "route" until i was in college and lived by route 9 and learned to say root, but i first saw the word when i was reading beverly cleary books in elementary school and henry huggins had a paper route. i did this with a lot of words, actually ... read them in books long before i ever heard people using them in conversation.

--i started learning french when i was four, so i thought niche was supposed to be pronounced "neesh." didn't see it in english until years later ... niche is one of those words i'm never sure how i'll say it until it comes out of my mouth.

--never used fissile before, but it just feels more properly enunciated to say "fiss-sighle." it might be a contextual thing, though, like when i pronounce mobile "mo-bull" sometimes and "mo-bighle" other times.

--Murray is "murry." like "hurry" and "jury."

--"cot" and "caught" are very slightly differently pronounced for me; "caught" lasts a little longer, has a little more emphasis.

--most people just hem and haw and say, "well, um, you just SOUND californian!" only one person has been able to explain what a "california accent" consists of to me - "you sound like you're in the movies ... except you talk a hell of a lot faster." *ggl*