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Old 04-21-2009, 10:36 PM   #46
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maybe Americans just can't make that vowel sound?

"Oh, you're British, ...really?" is almost always followed by "Say 'Harry Potter', you know, like Snape does.....PLEASE"
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Old 04-21-2009, 10:38 PM   #47
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pah is not the same sound as the po in pot. weirdo. pah is like path. weirdo.
Say it right or gtfo.
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Old 04-21-2009, 10:50 PM   #48
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We wuz here first. It's called English for a reason.... :p
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Old 04-21-2009, 11:15 PM   #49
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speak American dammit!

it's pah ... stah,

mahn stah

path rhymes with yeah

how can you mispronounce pot?

pot!

p o t
pasta
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Old 04-22-2009, 12:51 AM   #50
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of course, i don't say pot like you do, either
Neither do I.

I pronounce it as "weed".
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Old 04-22-2009, 12:59 AM   #51
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Old 04-22-2009, 02:07 AM   #52
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yup. but us Brits say them all the same Like p-oar
No. That's the English. The Scots pronounce poor "poo-r".
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Old 04-22-2009, 04:50 AM   #53
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maybe Americans just can't make that vowel sound?

"Oh, you're British, ...really?" is almost always followed by "Say 'Harry Potter', you know, like Snape does.....PLEASE"
Wha?
That's really making me laugh.

I might have to video myself saying Harry Potter for you.
I can't think of any other way to say it?!

Oh and pasta rhymes with Rasta for me too.
And not with faster, but with hasta.
Does that help?

Nice call on the two syllable Scottish poor, Limey.
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Old 04-22-2009, 05:00 AM   #54
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coz she's SCOTTISH!


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Old 04-22-2009, 07:30 AM   #55
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Neither do I.

I pronounce it as "weed".
Weirdo. It's pronounced "smoke."
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Old 04-22-2009, 11:57 PM   #56
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Weirdo. It's pronounced "smoke."

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Old 04-23-2009, 06:27 AM   #57
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mmm. I don't know if I can be on the same board as POT smokers....mmmm.....
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Old 04-23-2009, 07:20 AM   #58
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Old 04-23-2009, 09:32 AM   #59
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Old 04-23-2009, 11:21 AM   #60
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[ahem] I'm ... um ....English and living in Scotland. Hence my acute awareness of the differences ...
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