> Then there are just ridiculous pronunciations. "Supposed" pronounced as "spost," "comfortable" pronounced as "comfterble" (which was a reader poll a while back), and "clothes" pronounced as "close" are the ones I can think of specifically.
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Straying ever so slightly from the original intent of this thread, Darien's take on slurred words reminds me of the several occasions when a big to-do has been made of the fact that I pronounce the "h" as well as the "w" in words that begin with "wh". Apparently, everyone else pronounces "which" as "witch", "white" as "wight", "where" as "wear", and so forth. Am I the only one out here that gives the lowly "h" its proper due?

Bonus random neural firing: WHy is it that WHen both the "w" and the "h" in a "wh" word are pronounced, they are spoken as though the "h" came first? "Where" sounds like "hwere", at least to me. I guess, though, that trying to pronounce the "w" first just makes the word sound like "wuh-hair". Eh, *shrug*. All I know is that I love this ridiculous native tongue of mine.

Iss "let me wuh-hisper in your ear, doo da doo" achar