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Usenet Posted 23 years ago
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Pronunciation issue--provide proof
Help! It's contagious and spreading like a plague!
I am referring to the usage of a strange (to my ears) pronunciation of the word : corroboration.
Today I heard at least 2 lawyers and a major (NBC) news analyst pronounce the word as
co-woboration. It isn't just people who can't pronounce the intervocalic "r" (either as a speech defect or as a regional, jargon (dare I invent "jargonic"?)usage. I think the regional usage people would be emphatic and stress their "r" in the word, or wouldn't they?
Yesterday I heard another major news analyst and a military spokesman use this pronunciation, which appears to be getting more and more frequent in usage.
I know I brought this up about 6 months ago and here it is again.
I am referring to the usage of a strange (to my ears) pronunciation of the word : corroboration.
Today I heard at least 2 lawyers and a major (NBC) news analyst pronounce the word as
co-woboration. It isn't just people who can't pronounce the intervocalic "r" (either as a speech defect or as a regional, jargon (dare I invent "jargonic"?)usage. I think the regional usage people would be emphatic and stress their "r" in the word, or wouldn't they?
Yesterday I heard another major news analyst and a military spokesman use this pronunciation, which appears to be getting more and more frequent in usage.
I know I brought this up about 6 months ago and here it is again.
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[nq:1]Help! It's contagious and spreading like a plague! I am referring to the usage of a strange (to my ears) ...
- [nq:1]Help!
- It's contagious and spreading like a plague!
- I am referring to the usage of a strange (to my ears) ...
- more and more frequent in usage.
- [/nq] Maybe it's blurred in their minds with cooperation?
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[nq:1]Help! It's contagious and spreading like a plague! I am referring to the usage of a strange (to my ears) ... more and more frequent in usage. I know I brought this up about 6 months ago and here it is again.[/nq]
Maybe it's blurred in their minds with cooperation?
john
Maybe it's blurred in their minds with cooperation?
john
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[nq:1]Today I heard at least 2 lawyers and a major (NBC) news analyst pronounce the word as co-woboration. It isn't ... "jargonic"?)usage. I think the regional usage people would be emphatic and stress their "r" in the word, or wouldn't they?[/nq]
I blame Barbara Walters.
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"To the pure of heart, all proctology accidents are bizarre." - R
I blame Barbara Walters.
Opus the Penguin (that's my real email addy)
"To the pure of heart, all proctology accidents are bizarre." - R
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[nq:2]Help! It's contagious and spreading like a plague! I am ... this up about 6 months ago and here it is again.[/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe it's blurred in their minds with cooperation?[/nq]
Yes. I think for some of these people, the two words are indistinguishable in meaning, and therefore they confuse the sounds and as with nucular no one is brave enough to write the correctly spelled word down
[nq:1]Maybe it's blurred in their minds with cooperation?[/nq]
Yes. I think for some of these people, the two words are indistinguishable in meaning, and therefore they confuse the sounds and as with nucular no one is brave enough to write the correctly spelled word down
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[nq:2]Today I heard at least 2 lawyers and a major ... and stress their "r" in the word, or wouldn't they?[/nq]
[nq:1]I blame Barbara Walters.[/nq]
Over here, we'd pwobably attwibute the pwoblem to Fwank Muir, Woy Jenkins or Jonathan Woss.
Why is it that Barbawa W. included the famously "r"-impedimented invawiably have an "r" in their own names? Similarly, I've noticed with great satis
[nq:1]I blame Barbara Walters.[/nq]
Over here, we'd pwobably attwibute the pwoblem to Fwank Muir, Woy Jenkins or Jonathan Woss.
Why is it that Barbawa W. included the famously "r"-impedimented invawiably have an "r" in their own names? Similarly, I've noticed with great satis
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Ross Howard filted:
[nq:1]Over here, we'd pwobably attwibute the pwoblem to Fwank Muir, Woy Jenkins or Jonathan Woss. Why is it that ... noticed with great satisfaction that an unusually high number of "th"-challenged speakers have names like "Keef Smiff" or "Caffy Maffews".[/nq]
Over in alt.movies.silent, our favorite r-less person must ever be Kay Fwancis...herewith, a great moment from
[nq:1]Over here, we'd pwobably attwibute the pwoblem to Fwank Muir, Woy Jenkins or Jonathan Woss. Why is it that ... noticed with great satisfaction that an unusually high number of "th"-challenged speakers have names like "Keef Smiff" or "Caffy Maffews".[/nq]
Over in alt.movies.silent, our favorite r-less person must ever be Kay Fwancis...herewith, a great moment from
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[nq:1]Over here, we'd pwobably attwibute the pwoblem to Fwank Muir, Woy Jenkins or Jonathan Woss.[/nq]
Hearing Jonathan Woss say "intolerable" is a wemawkabwe expewience.
David
Hearing Jonathan Woss say "intolerable" is a wemawkabwe expewience.
David
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[nq:2]Over here, we'd pwobably attwibute the pwoblem to Fwank Muir, Woy Jenkins or Jonathan Woss.[/nq]
[nq:1]Hearing Jonathan Woss say "intolerable" is a wemawkabwe expewience.[/nq]
Has he uvvair untervyid Sair Awex Fairgsin? Now that would be something for the AUE audio archive.
[nq:1]Hearing Jonathan Woss say "intolerable" is a wemawkabwe expewience.[/nq]
Has he uvvair untervyid Sair Awex Fairgsin? Now that would be something for the AUE audio archive.
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[nq:2]Hearing Jonathan Woss say "intolerable" is a wemawkabwe expewience.[/nq]
[nq:1]Has he uvvair untervyid Sair Awex Fairgsin? Now that would be something for the AUE audio archive.[/nq]
George VI, was it? The father of QEII? I was listening for the second time to the episode of Cambridge spies in which the king offers a grand prize to Blount if Blount will rescue certain letters
[nq:1]Has he uvvair untervyid Sair Awex Fairgsin? Now that would be something for the AUE audio archive.[/nq]
George VI, was it? The father of QEII? I was listening for the second time to the episode of Cambridge spies in which the king offers a grand prize to Blount if Blount will rescue certain letters
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[nq:2]Has he uvvair untervyid Sair Awex Fairgsin? Now that would be something for the AUE audio archive.[/nq]
[nq:1]George VI, was it? The father of QEII? I was listening for the second time to the episode of Cambridge ... know that the Duke spoke quite well. Did the king have this tendency? Was he very shy because of this?[/nq]
He had a stammer and was very wary about public speaki
[nq:1]George VI, was it? The father of QEII? I was listening for the second time to the episode of Cambridge ... know that the Duke spoke quite well. Did the king have this tendency? Was he very shy because of this?[/nq]
He had a stammer and was very wary about public speaki
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[nq:2]George VI, was it? The father of QEII? I was ... have this tendency? Was he very shy because of this?[/nq]
[nq:1]He had a stammer and was very wary about public speaking.[/nq]
Yes, but was he vewy wawy as well? That was Pat's question, I think.
[nq:1]He had a stammer and was very wary about public speaking.[/nq]
Yes, but was he vewy wawy as well? That was Pat's question, I think.
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