2008/6/24 SteveC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
So it would be nice if we could tag how things sound as well as what they're called.
First you need to decide how things sound. For example, Redcar is pronounced Redker by locals but red car by most others and Greenhill (in my home town of Sheffield) is known as Gren'l by Sheffielders (unless, perhaps, they're trying to sound posh) but green hill by all you other folk. A friend from London would not believe it was not pronounced green hill but would have laughed at me if I'd pronounced Greenwich green witch. There must be thousands of similar examples and this is one reason English can never be written phonetically without sacrificing regional dialect. This is less problematic for some other languages, but then non-native speakers often mess things up (listen to Brits or Americans ordering zuchini or chorizo). Maybe we should just concentrate on spelling things right :-)
elvin
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