kerry wrote:
> Lori wrote:
> >>More confusion: if you're from the U.S. state of
> Wisconsin you might pronounce "sorry" to rhyme with
> "gory," as a friend of mine from Ripon, WI, does.>>
>
> Huh??? I was trying to keep up with this, but now I'm stumped. Here in
> WisCONsin, Lori, gory, glory and sorry all rhyme! I guess words have to be
> written phonetically, rather than compared to a rhyming word. Isn't the
> British lorry pronunciation more like "LAH-ry?"
No way! That is how an American would say it. how on earth gory, glory and sorry can
rhyme
I have no clue! Sorry has a short o and gory/glory a long. The fist part of sorry does
not
sound like saw.
> That's how Cat Stevens says
> it in one of his songs.
>
> Still confused,
> Kerry
>
> NP - Neil Young "Sail Away"
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