The Pronunciation Thread

[Dogtrousers]

I love the way the Irish drop the h in 'th' so that, for example, Edward III now becomes Edward the turd

Samuel Beckett picked up on that in "Watt"

Mr. Graves pronounced his th charmingly. Turd and fart, he said, for third and fourth. Watt liked these venerable Saxon words. And when Mr. Graves, drinking on the sunny step his afternoon stout, looked up with a twinkle in his old blue eye, and said, in mock deprecation, Tis only me turd or fart,

By quoting Beckett I think I'm immune to accusations of poking fun at regional accents. Maybe.

 

[simongt]

My workday accent is the one I acquired at public school (few would,d understand if I slipped into Shetlandic) and would pronounce won as wun.

Being Irish both sides of the family, but born in England, 'heducated' at public school, I 'lapsed' into being my natural self after a nasty divorce and subsequently being married to a Dundonian lass for the last 27 years, my accent wanders all over the place, unconciously using accents, terms & phrases I've picked up from various sources.
What hotchpotch - !

 

[yello]

Place near me (spelt) Méasnes. That's pronounced 2 different ways (and counting) depending on the roots of the French you learnt/speak. Consequently, I never know how to pronounce it.

Kinda like Shrewsbury.