English, Unpredictable art thou!

[mav]

I'm grappling with English pronunciations. They are sooooo unpredictable. I don't know if it is specific to American English or what!? But here is my latest tongue-mind-twister-bender.

1. me·te·o·'rol·o·gy
2. me·te·o·'rol·o·gist
3. me·te·o·ro·'log·ic
4. me·te·o·ro·'log·i·cal·ly

Now, why can't 3 and 4 be pronounced the same as 1 and 2 ?! grrr......
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[fluffy]

because the 'Queens English' (which is what it is called) is the most gramatically complex language using the common alphabet of a-z..........and the enunciation can be murder.............
but the UK is full of dialects..........so don't spit hairs over it......

fluffy

PS.........aha!!!......but can you roll your 'R's..........we Scot's can but the English can't...................

[Jimenem]

I can. Do I count? I learned how when I learned to speak Spanish.

[fluffy]

cool.................you can visit anytime.............lol...........

fluffy

[Jimenem]

AlRrRrRrRrRrRrlightythen. (I rolled those R's)

[Canadian Jayne]

It makes the dialect more entertaining and fun.

[Jimenem]

Aye, It does.

[mav]

I canna have said it bettah

[fluffy]

Aye ye could, ye feel lassie...........awa ye gang, an spik yer ain mither tongue............lol

but well done for trying..............lol..........

fluffy

[mav]

LOL

Ok, I'll continue grappling with the 'Queen's English'... for now

[fluffy]

lol.......i don't talk like that you know..........lol.........but i do love the Scots dialect........especially doric.........

here's a poem for you..............
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A Dug a Dug

Hey, Daddy, wid ye get us a dug ?
A big broon alsation ur a wee white pug ?
Ur a skinny wee terrier, ur a big fat collie?
Aw, daddy,get us a dug. Will yi ?

Whit! An' whose dug'll it be when it durties the flerr,
An' wets the carpet and messes the sterr?
Its me ur yer mammy'll be tane furra mug.
Away oot'n play. Yer no getting a dug.

But daddy thur gi'en them away
Down therr at the RSPCA.
Yu'll get wan fur nothin, so ye will.
Aw. Daddy, get us a dug, Will ye?

Dji hear um? Oan aboot dugs again?
Ah think that yins goat dugs'n the brain.
Ah know whit yu'll get: a skite oan the lug
If ah hear ony merr aboot this bloomin dug.

Aw, Daddy, it widny be dear tae keep
An'ah'd make it a basket fur it tae sleep.
An'ah'd take it fur runs away ower the hull.
Aw, Daddy, get us a dug. Will ye?

A doan't think thurs embdy like you:
Yi could wheedle the twist oot a flamin' corkscrew.
Noo! Get doon aff my neck. Gies nane a yur hugs.
Aw right. THAT'S ANUFF. Ah'll get yi a dug.


dug=dog.....

fluffy

[mav]

Love it! I didn't understand these two things though....

tane furra mug
a skite oan the lug

funny....we're having online doric dialect lessons

And I read an Aberdeen today, reading about Kurt Cobain, Nirvana's lead singer, he was born in a town called Aberdeen in Washington state.
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[fluffy]

tane furra mug-------------'taken for an idiot'

a skite oan the lug..........'a slap around the ear'

fluffy

[mav]

... very funny. The doric may be passe but these phrases are used verbatim in my house ahhh... my cheeks are collapsing from all the amusement...can't grin anymore...

[Jimenem]

tane furra mug-------------'taken for an idiot'

a skite oan the lug..........'a slap around the ear'

fluffy

I have a friend who writes historical fiction, all in Gailic! Can you speak Gailic?