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Vacuum
How many syllables in vacuum?
I'm watching a Hitchcock episode from 1956 and I wonder if the pronunciation there was unusual even then.
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Western Pa. 10 years
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Chicago 6 years
Brooklyn, NY 12 years
Baltimore 26 years
I'm watching a Hitchcock episode from 1956 and I wonder if the pronunciation there was unusual even then.
Posters should say where they live, and for which
area they are asking questions. I have lived in
Western Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis 10 years
Chicago 6 years
Brooklyn, NY 12 years
Baltimore 26 years
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[/nq] I say vac - yoom but my father (aged 90) says vac - you - um
- [/nq] I say vac - yoom but my father (aged 90) says vac - you - um
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[nq:1]How many syllables in vacuum?[/nq]
I say vac - yoom but my father (aged 90) says vac - you - um
I say vac - yoom but my father (aged 90) says vac - you - um
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[nq:1]How many syllables in vacuum? . . .[/nq]
Three. And there's an end on't.
Cordially,
Eric Walker, Owlcroft House
http://owlcroft.com/english/
Three. And there's an end on't.
Cordially,
Eric Walker, Owlcroft House
http://owlcroft.com/english/
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[nq:2]How many syllables in vacuum? . . .[/nq]
[nq:1]Three. And there's an end on't.[/nq]
Speak for you-ur self.
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.english.usage)
[nq:1]Three. And there's an end on't.[/nq]
Speak for you-ur self.
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.english.usage)
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[nq:2]Three. And there's an end on't.[/nq]
[nq:1]Speak for you-ur self.[/nq]
I did. As it happens, I also, I believe, spoke for a lot of other folk, but that can be verified as one pleases. . . .
Cordially,
Eric Walker, Owlcroft House
http://owlcroft.com/english/
[nq:1]Speak for you-ur self.[/nq]
I did. As it happens, I also, I believe, spoke for a lot of other folk, but that can be verified as one pleases. . . .
Cordially,
Eric Walker, Owlcroft House
http://owlcroft.com/english/
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[nq:2]How many syllables in vacuum?[/nq]
[nq:1]I say vac - yoom but my father (aged 90) says vac - you - um[/nq]
I say it as your father does, albeit with a pretty indistinct middle syllable.
athel
[nq:1]I say vac - yoom but my father (aged 90) says vac - you - um[/nq]
I say it as your father does, albeit with a pretty indistinct middle syllable.
athel
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[nq:2]How many syllables in vacuum?[/nq]
[nq:1]I say vac - yoom but my father (aged 90) says vac - you - um[/nq]
Yes, that's how she said it in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode.
But so many actors and actresses spoke that fancy theatrical dialect then, including her, that I wasn't sure. I guess I haven't heard more than 2 syllables for decades, vac-cume.
BTW, what accent
[nq:1]I say vac - yoom but my father (aged 90) says vac - you - um[/nq]
Yes, that's how she said it in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode.
But so many actors and actresses spoke that fancy theatrical dialect then, including her, that I wasn't sure. I guess I haven't heard more than 2 syllables for decades, vac-cume.
BTW, what accent
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[nq:2]How many syllables in vacuum?[/nq]
[nq:1]I say vac - yoom but my father (aged 90) says vac - you - um[/nq]
And your father is quite correct - how do you say aluminium ?
"al you min ee um" or "ah loo min um"
The Canadian Curmudgeon (in Calgary)
Save our precious CO2 - plant many trees
[nq:1]I say vac - yoom but my father (aged 90) says vac - you - um[/nq]
And your father is quite correct - how do you say aluminium ?
"al you min ee um" or "ah loo min um"
The Canadian Curmudgeon (in Calgary)
Save our precious CO2 - plant many trees
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[nq:2]I say vac - yoom but my father (aged 90) says vac - you - um[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, that's how she said it in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode. But so many actors and actresses spoke that ... for decades, vac-cume. BTW, what accent did Hitchcock himself have? He was born in England, but it never sounded English.[/nq]
It''s been a while since I heard him, but my recollection is that his
[nq:1]Yes, that's how she said it in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode. But so many actors and actresses spoke that ... for decades, vac-cume. BTW, what accent did Hitchcock himself have? He was born in England, but it never sounded English.[/nq]
It''s been a while since I heard him, but my recollection is that his
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[nq:2]I say vac - yoom but my father (aged 90) says vac - you - um[/nq]
[nq:1]And your father is quite correct - how do you say aluminium ? "al you min ee um" or "ah loo min um"[/nq]
That reminds me:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8153596.stm
Discovered 13 years ago, and officially add
[nq:1]And your father is quite correct - how do you say aluminium ? "al you min ee um" or "ah loo min um"[/nq]
That reminds me:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8153596.stm
Discovered 13 years ago, and officially add
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[nq:2]I say vac - yoom but my father (aged 90) says vac - you - um[/nq]
[nq:1]And your father is quite correct - how do you say aluminium ? "al you min ee um" or "ah loo min um"[/nq]
If I were to say "aluminium" I would pronounce it as five syllables, but since I never say "aluminium" I don't have to do that. I do from time to time say "aluminum" and that has four syllables.
How d
[nq:1]And your father is quite correct - how do you say aluminium ? "al you min ee um" or "ah loo min um"[/nq]
If I were to say "aluminium" I would pronounce it as five syllables, but since I never say "aluminium" I don't have to do that. I do from time to time say "aluminum" and that has four syllables.
How d
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