I say to-mah-to, you say to-may-to

[pne]

Amy has started saying gr/æ/ss for the green stuff on lawns, rather than my gr/ɑː/ss.

When I asked her about it, she said that yes, she pronounced it with ash, just as Ben does (from the Ben and Bella DVDs, presumably; he speaks with an American accent, while Bella has a UK one).

Ah well :)

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[ubykhlives.livejournal.com]

Interesting how TV can have that effect. A friend of mine told me not long ago that her daughter spent some time saying [hæːmbɝːgɝ] for hamburger, rather than the expected AusE [hæːmbɜːgɐ].

One of the perils of the U.S. flooding of the global TV market!