On 2007-08-31, Paddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 31, 11:19 am, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Tim Golden wrote: >> > Erik Max Francis wrote: >> >> Paddy wrote: >> >> >>> I say the 'oll' in troll like the 'ol' in frolic, and pronounce roll >> >>> and role similarly. >> >> >>> My accent is probably from the East Midlands of the UK, but is not >> >>> pronounced. >> >> _Troll_ and _frolic_ aren't pronounced with the same "o" sound in any >> >> accent I've ever heard of. Which you pronounce _boat_ and _bot_ the >> >> same way, too? >> >> > [Amusingly contemplating a trolling war about the pronunciation of "troll"] >> >> > Well they sound the same in my more-or-less South London accent. >> > I can't write those funny phonetic symbols (and I hate to >> > imagine the Unicode encoding hoops I'd have to jump through >> > to make them readable anyway) but both "o"s sound short to me. >> > Like "bot" rather than "boat" using your example. >> >> Since we're talking... I'm still a little startled when I listen >> to some of the excellent webcasts that are being produced these >> days (showmedo.com and friends) and hear American voices pronounce >> Python... well, the way they do, with the stress and something of a >> drawl on the second syllable. I'm sure it's just as amusing the other >> way round: we pronounce it with the stress on the first syllable and >> the characteristic short vowel sound in the second. >> (Something like: Pie'thun). >> >> TJG > > The only true way of pronouncing Python (the computing language), is > the way it is done at the beginning of Monty Pythons Flying Circus of > course :-) > > Your right, the American way does make me pause.
Ya'll can keep yer gall-dern schwa outta my Pie-thawn, ya hear? -- Neil Cerutti Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own graves. --sign at Pennsylvania cemetery -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
