Re: Grammar

Holger Dansk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 20:25:40 -0500, Bob LeChevalier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>>The problem you have is that there is NO "correct pronunciation" of
>>English. Each dialect does it differently, and NONE of them are
>>"right" or "wrong".
>
>If you do not realize that the negro pronunciation of the words that I
>mentioned above is not correct then you have a problem with perception.

No.  I have a problem with the notion of "correct" when it comes to
English pronunciation.  Unlike French, we have no Academie, and there
is no universal standard of "correct" pronunciation.

My wife distinguishes between "can" the noun, and "can" the verb, and
between "Mary", "merry" and "marry".  They are homonyms to me.  She is
bothered when the girl's name "Dawn" and "Don" are pronounced the
same, but "Dawn" pronounces her own name such that my wife hears
"Don".  You would apparently say that Dawn cannot pronounce her own
name correctly, which is sheer idiocy.

lojbab
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