How do they pronounce Nykon...er, Kneekon...er, ummmm.
Andrew Fildes (who came from the part of England where all 'a's' are short and
long baaaaths are for effete southerners.)
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On 14/06/2013, at 2:17 AM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
>> Just as most of us can barely tell the difference between a standard
>> north-Eastern US voice and a Canadian - I can usually pick that weird vowel
>> sound but most don't.
> The main distinction I hear is that in Canukistan there is only one way
> to pronounce the vowel _a_, i.e. as in tack. On occasion they will stoop
> to pronounce it as in tay. This has laughable results when using many
> spanish or other Latin derived words. e.g. aqua>>ackwa or taco>>tayco or
> worse, tacko.
>
> Mike
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