Julian and Jackie wrote:
> >> ER-GOO-TEE
> >>
> >> ER as in PottER, GOO as in GOOse TEE as in Golf TEE
> >
> >Whooaaah... I know I'm wrong to say "agowtee" (tho I say it anyway) and I
> >know it's supposed to be GOO... but ER? Where does the ER come?
> >
> >(?puzzled?)
> >
> >Elizabeth
>
> In English it is the same "a" as in "about". The "a" is the same sound
> as the "er" in "potter".
>
> I deliberately chose the example of potter because it is a different "a"
> than the one in "apple", "America" or "age". In other words, it is
> "er-goo-tee" and not "ay-goo-tee" or "ah-goo-tee"
Ah and therein lies the problem, I don't think we have any "a" that is
pronounced "er". At least not that I know of. The "a" in about is the same
"a" that's in America.
Elizabeth
