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[nq:1]In some US dialects many words that take a terminal schwa in the standard accent get /i/ instead: for example, "subpoena" becomes /s@bpini/.[/nq]
In the Ozarks, they drink "soh-dee". I suppose they take pictures with a "kam-ree", to the confusion of Toyota marketers.

Buster
  

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[/nq] [nq:1]In the Ozarks, they drink "soh-dee". I suppose they take pictures with a "kam-ree", to the confusion of Toyota marketers. Buster [/nq] Whether accurate or not, your comment does not justify your subject line (and in this group we prefer to retain reference to the prior subject if a new one is inserted).

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  • [/nq] [nq:1]In the Ozarks, they drink "soh-dee".
  • I suppose they take pictures with a "kam-ree", to the confusion of Toyota marketers.
  • Buster [/nq] Whether accurate or not, your comment does not justify your subject line (and in this group we prefer to retain reference to the prior subject if a new one is inserted).
  • You are discussing a different dialect, not a mispronunciation.
  • Would you accuse non-rhotic Brits (or, for that matter, non-rhotic Americans such as many Bostonians) of mispronouncing a word like "part" because they omit the "r" sound?
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[nq:2]In some US dialects many words that take a terminal schwa in the standard accent get /i/ instead: for example, "subpoena" becomes /s@bpini/.[/nq]
[nq:1]In the Ozarks, they drink "soh-dee". I suppose they take pictures with a "kam-ree", to the confusion of Toyota marketers. Buster [/nq]
Whether accurate or not, your comment does not justify your subject line (and in this group we pref
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[nq:2]In some US dialects many words that take a terminal schwa in the standard accent get /i/ instead: for example, "subpoena" becomes /s@bpini/.[/nq]
[nq:1]In the Ozarks, they drink "soh-dee". I suppose they take pictures with a "kam-ree", to the confusion of Toyota marketers.[/nq]
Presumably 'Toyota' rhymes with 'coyote'.

Rob Bannister
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